Tomahawk
c. 1939
Medium
watercolor and graphite on paper
Dimensions
overall: 35.7 x 24.2 cm (14 1/16 x 9 1/2 in.) Original IAD Object: 5" long
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.17515
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
George E. Rhone · 1855–present
George E. Rhone was an American artist active around 1935 whose precise documentary watercolors form an important part of the Index of American Design. This New Deal initiative, carried out under the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration between 1936 and 1942, commissioned artists to create a comprehensive visual archive of American decorative arts, folk objects, and historic in...