Sabina, a Cayuse
Warner modeled "Sabina, a Cayuse" in 1891 while in Oregon. While the six other Native American portraits that Warner executed at that time were of male chiefs, this medallion shows a fourteen-year-old girl. Although the inscription on the relief records that Sabina was a Cayuse, according to Warner's friend Charles Erskine Scott Wood, she was actually the daughter of Kash-Kash, chief of the Walla Walla.
Artwork Details
- Title: Sabina, a Cayuse
- Artist: Olin Levi Warner (American, West Suffield, Connecticut 1844–1896 New York)
- Date: 1891; cast 1906
- Culture: American
- Medium: Bronze
- Dimensions: Diam. 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm)
- Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick S. Wait, 1906
- Object Number: 06.320
- Curatorial Department: The American Wing
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