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Nora Foote, an English artist, visited Alberta, Canada, in 1895 and painted several portraits of First Nations people. At Medicine Hat she painted this portrait of Carry Kettle, or Carry the Kettle, of the Assiniboine. Carry the Kettle (Cha-ka-gin in Assiniboine) got his name as a child. He was lost for several days, and when he was found he was still carrying the kettle he had with him. Carry the Kettle was a renowned runner, warrior and hunter, who once acted as a scout for General Custer.
When Nora Foote painted him he was already 79 years old. He died in 1923 at the age of 107, the last hereditary chief of his band. Today a band of Assiniboine in Saskatchewan calls itself the ‘Carry the Kettle First Nation’ after him.

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Title

Carry Kettle (d.1923)

Date

1895

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 48.5 x W 45.5 cm

Accession number

1962.1.20

Acquisition method

gift, 1962

Work type

Painting

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