Pocahontas in English Court Dress, 1616
date: label: Date created
content: 1948-1952
name: label: Culture/People
content: Yanktonai Nakota
label: Artist/Maker
content: Oscar Howe (Mazuha Hokshina), Yanktonai Nakota, 1915-1983
label: Seller
content: Yolande Jacobson Sheppard (Mrs. J. Craig Sheppard), Non-Indian, 1921-1998
label: Previous owner
content: Dr. Oscar Brousse Jacobson, Non-Indian, 1882-1966
label: Commissioner
content: Dr. Oscar Brousse Jacobson, Non-Indian, 1882-1966
label: Subject
content: Pocahontas (Matoaka/Amonute/Rebecca Rolfe), Powhatan, ca. 1595-1617
notes: label: Collection History
content: Part of a series of paintings commissioned by Dr. Oscar Brousse Jacobson (1882-1966, artist, scholar, Native art patron, and director of the University of Oklahoma's School of Art from 1915 to 1954) for "North American Indian Costumes, 1564-1950," a book by Oscar B. Jacobson and Oscar Howe and published by Editions d'Art C. Szwedzicki. Nice, France, 1952. The original paintings were purchased by MAI from Dr. Jacobson's daughter Yolande Jacobson Sheppard (1921-1998) in 1968.
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place: label: Place
content: South Dakota; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Yanktonai Nakota
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content: Painting/Drawing/Print
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 24/9003
label: Barcode
content: 249003.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Painting/Drawing/Print
physicalDescription: label: Title
content: Pocahontas in English Court Dress, 1616
label: Object Name
content: Painting
label: Media/Materials
content: Paper, watercolor, ink
label: Techniques
content: Painted
label: Dimensions
content: 30.1 x 45.2 cm