Portrait Of Weasel Tail, by Winold Reiss
date: label: Accession Date
content: 28 Aug 1968
name: label: Donor Name
content: Mr. W. T. Reiss
notes: label: Notes
content: Artist: Winold Reiss. From card: "Painted about 1940. Weasel Tail (born ca. 1859; died Jan. 14, 1950). was renowned as a hunter, an active participant in the intertribal wars, and in later years continued to participate in traditional Blackfoot ceremonies. Much of his later life was spent on the Blackfeet Reservation, Montana. An account of his war record appears in James W. Schultz and Jessie Louise Donaldson, The Sun Go's Children, pp. 166-192, along with an earlier portrait of him by Reiss. Weasel Tail was one of the most able informants of John C. Ewers, Smithsonian Ethnologist, in field work among the Blackfoot tribes. See: The Horse in Blackfoot Indian Culture, p. XIII; and Indian Tribes of the Upper Missouri, pp. 7 - 13, and photographic portrait Opp. p. 30. Lent to the National Portrait Gallery, 8/9/89. Loan returned Apr 13 1990."
label: Notes
content: Reiss archive identifies as 30"x22", pastel on Whatman board, date 1943.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 8 Jun 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Blackfeet Reservation, Montana, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Blackfoot (Niitsitapi, Siksikaitsitapi), Blood (Kainai)
label: Culture
content: American
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 279925
label: USNM Number
content: E409949-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Painting