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Head and shoulders portrait of Dorelix Amaf or Ka-la-weh, possible chief of the Nanticoke (Delaware) Nation. The sitter is an older man with his long gray hair tied in two braids that fall in front of his white collared shirt.

Head and shoulders portrait of Dorelix Amaf or Ka-la-weh, possible chief of the Nanticoke (Delaware) Nation. The sitter is an older man with his long gray hair tied in two braids that fall in front of his white collared shirt.

Dorelix Amaf (Ka-la-weh), Nanticoke

Description

Head and shoulders portrait of Dorelix Amaf or Ka-la-weh, possible chief of the Nanticoke (Delaware) Nation. The sitter is an older man with his long gray hair tied in two braids that fall in front of his white collared shirt.

Creator

Date

1936

Materials

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

Painting: 11.5 H x 8.75 W inches; Frame: 18 H x 15 W inches

Object ID

2014.3.1

Accession Number

2014.3

Resource ID

7985

Notes

Exhibited in the "Galleries of Charcoal Club School of Art Baltimore, Md., 3/10/1936."

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

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