MS 1989-23 Portrait of Chief Big Tree
odd: label: Local Number
content: NAA MS 1989-23
name: label: Creator
content: Schloss, Alex, 1921-2011
label: Names
content: Big-Tree, Seneca chief
place: label: Place
content: North America
creator: label: Creator
content: Schloss, Alex, 1921-2011
culture: label: Culture
content: Seneca
bioghist: label: Biographical Note
content: Chief John Big Tree (1877 –1967) was a member of the Seneca Nation and an actor who appeared in over 50 films between 1915 and 1950. He was born Isaac Johnny John in Buffalo, New York and died in Onondaga Indian Reservation, New York.
label: Biographical Note
content: Alex Schloss (1921-2011) was a painter known for his style of texturing and layering of oil paint mixed with sand and marble dust. His work includes landscapes and portraits. He was owner and curator of the Gallery At The Plaza Hotel for over 25 years.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1  Paintings (visual works) (oil on canvas, 7.5 x 9.5 inches in 14.5 x 16.25 frame)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1963
container: label: Container
content: Box 89-23
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Donated to the National Anthropological Archives by Lillian Turner in 1988.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS1989-23
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Graphic Materials
label: Type
content: Paintings (visual works)
label: Type
content: Works of art
label: Type
content: Paintings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Works of art
label: Genre/Form
content: Paintings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists of a framed oil painting of Chief Big Tree by Alex Schloss.

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