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Wah-ro-née-sah (The Surrounder), an Otoe chief

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Original – Wah-ro-née-sah (The Surrounder), an Otoe chief. Probably painted at Fort Leavenworth in 1832, by George Catlin. Described by Catlin as “quite an old man; his shirt made of the skin of a grizzly bear, with the claws on”

Reason: The painting shows a veteran Otoe warrior and chief. The painting gives an important look at traditional clothing such as the hair style, wampum earrings, pipe, and most of all a beaded grizzly bear skin robe. The Otoe tribe, which fused with the related Missouria tribe remain relatively unknown to the general public and any images of them in traditional attire are valuable sources of history. The portrait is painted by well known artist of American Indians George Catlin. Catlin's work is seen as highly valuable due to its depictions of American Indians at a time when most contact between Europeans and Indians of the North American west was with fur traders.
Articles in which this image appears: Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians,George Catlin
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Traditional
Creator: George Catlin

Support as nominator --MatGTAM (talk) 21:10, 8 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Seems a tad dark (like most Google scans) but certainly a solid contender. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:31, 8 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Painting with historical encyclopedic value. -- Dougie WII (talk) 04:32, 12 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support per Dougie WII. -- ТимофейЛееСуда. 02:59, 14 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support J Kadavoor J e e 05:15, 14 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Bellus Delphina ^talk 11:10, 14 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:George Catlin - Wah-ro-née-sah, The Surrounder, Chief of the Tribe - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 22:59, 18 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]