- Artist:
- Echohawk, Brummett
- Title:
- James Bigheart
- Date Created:
- 1980
- Description:
- A portrait of the head and shoulders of a man whose black hair is of medium length and is cut straight across in line with his jaw. He is wearing a black suit coat, a blue-and-white bow tie and a vest. The vest has a design of yellow medallions edged with red and blue against a black background.
- Subjects:
- Pawnee (culture or style)
- Source:
- Zarrow Collection, Oklahoma State University Archives
- Source Identifier:
- jmz.368
- Size:
- image: 24 x 18 in.; framed: 31 7/8 x 25 7/8 in.
- Frame:
- Wood (plant material); Gold (color)
- Media:
- Oil paint (paint)
- Signature:
- Echohawk 1980 (printed, lower left)
- Condition:
- undamaged
- Provenance:
- Purchased by Jack and Maxine Zarrow from Brummett Echohawk, Tulsa, OK, July 8, 1980. On the stretcher: "James Bigheart 1838 - 1908; Full blood Osage; Born in St Paul, Kansas, then an Osage village. Buried near now Barnsdall, Okla. (previously Bigheart, Okla.) Chief James Bigheart - led in organizing the Osage Nation under a written constitution. Pun-kah-wi-tah-An-Kah Known as 'Big Jim' called 'Moses of the Osages' for his role in preserving the mineral rights in common for the 2229 tribal members. First elected principal Chief in 1882 - Osage Nation comprises 1,476,539 acres. Served his people as their leader or Chief from 1875-1900. Negotiated and signed the first blanket oil and gas sale in 1896 - Fathered the 'headright' system. 14"
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "James Bigheart", The Maxine & Jack Zarrow Collection, Oklahoma State University Archives
- Reference Link:
- https://zarrow.library.okstate.edu/_site/items/jmz.368.html
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