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Ga-Yen-Twa-Ga, Portrait of a Corn Planter

Description

Half-length side-profile portrait of a man identified as former Rappahannock Chief Jim Johnson. The sitter was identified as a corn planter, Ga-Yen-Twa-Ga, from the Wolf Clan of the Rappahanock Tribe of Virginia by the artist, Charles F. Elvers (1897-1954). The sitter wears a feathered headdress and a tan-colored tunic, with his hair worn in two long braids. The artist was an archaeologist and ethnologist at Johns Hopkins University, who spent many summers in the southwest collecting Native American artifacts and donating them to the Maryland Academy of Science.

Date

1933

Materials

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

Painting: 12.5 H x 9.25 W inches; Frame: 18.75 H x 15.75 W inches

Object ID

2014.3.2

Resource ID

7986

Notes

The sitter in this portrait was recently identified by researcher Dr. Julia King and Rappahannock Chief, Anne Richardson, as being former Rappahannock Chief, Jim Johnson.

Credit Line

Gift of the Estate of Dr. Isidore and Jacqueline Schwartzman

Digital Publisher

Digital resource provided by the Maryland Center for History and Culture

Rights

This digital image is made available here for private study, scholarship, and research. Commercial and other uses are prohibited without the permission of the Maryland Center for History and Culture. For more information, visit the MCHC’s Reproductions and Permissions web page.