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Kiowa Chief, Arthur Schott, Artist . Color lithograph subtitled: Toro-Mucho, Chief of a Bank of Kiowas. Depicts the chief kneeling in front of rocks. The chief is wearing large round metal earrings, and a very large gold cross on a necklace. He is wearing a long sleeve white blouse and full, striped cloth skirt. Lithograph by Sarony and Co. New York. c. 1851
Arthur Schott (1814-1875), a German schooled at the Royal Gardens in Stuttgart and Institute of Agriculture in Hohenstein, was hired by the United States Boundary Commission in 1851, working with William H. Emory survey the boundary between Texas and west to Yuma. Schott did over 200 drawings, with 25 watercolors.
Lithographs and engravings based on Schott's Texas drawings were published in Emory's official report, most notably those of Seminole, Lipan Apache, and Kiowa Indians, the Military Plaza in San Antonio, Mexican military colony of Piedras Negras, and falls of the Rio Grande.Artwork Details
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Chief Toro-MuchoCollection
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Southwest Indian Tribes, Kiowa Chief Toro-Mucho, Native American, Kiowa