Mohave Dance Chief

Mohave Dance Chief

In the collection of the Thomas Gilcrease Institute of American history and Art (Tulsa, OK).

Portrait of unnamed Mohave/ 'Aha Makhav Dance Chief with chin tattoos and his hair in multiple braids wearing a tan jacket and pink shirt.

Joseph Henry Sharp

Gift of the Thomas Gilcrease Foundation, 1955.

1908

Image and information accessed from Gilcrease Museum webpage. Citation: Sharp, Joseph. Mohave Dance Chief. 0137.357. 1908. Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/0137357 (03/06/2018).

Sharp's inscription: "Mohave Dance Chief Needles, Calif. 1908-or earlier- Most of them have indelible tatoo marks on face - More plaits of hair than any Indians I have known"

Gilcrease accession number: 0137.357

Oil on canvas

Framed: 16 11/16 x 12 11/16 x 1 5/8 in. (42 x 32 x 4 cm)
Canvas: 14 x 10 1/4 in. (36 x 26 cm)