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Tattooing on arm and faces of Tchucktche females
Tattooing on arm and faces of Tchucktche females

Tattooing on arm and faces of Tchucktche females

Edward Meyer Kern (American, 1823–1863)
1855
Medium/TechniqueGraphite, brush and brown wash on paper
DimensionsSheet: 39.7 x 25.2 cm (15 5/8 x 9 15/16 in.); Mount: 42.2 x 26 cm (16 5/8 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800-1875
Accession number2006.1875
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
ProvenanceBy 1950, Childs Gallery; 1950, sold by Childs Gallery to Maxim Karolik (b. 1893 - d. 1963), Newport, RI; 1964, bequest of Karolik to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 15, 2006)