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"Mangas Coloradas" oil on canvas by Pauline King

Currency:USD Category:American Indian Art / Art - Paintings Start Price:150.00 USD Estimated At:2,500.00 - 3,700.00 USD
 Mangas Coloradas  oil on canvas by Pauline King
Mangas Coloradas, or Dasoda-hae (He Just Sits There) (c.1793 January 18, 1863), was an Apache Tribal Chief and a member of the Eastern Chiricahua nation, whose homeland stretched west from the Rio Grande to include most of what is present-day southwestern New Mexico. He was the father-in-law of Chief Cochise and is regarded by many historians to be one of the most important native American leaders of the 19th century due to his fighting achievements against Mexicans and Americans. The name Mangas Coloradas is the reception of his Apache nickname Kan-da-zis Tlishishen (Red Shirt) by Mexicans and is Spanish for Red Colored Sleeves. A Bedonkohe (Bi-dan-ku - In Front of the End People, Bi-da-a-naka-enda - Standing in front of the enemy) by birth he married into the Copper Mines local group of the Chihenne and became also leader of the neighboring Mimbreo local group of the Chihenne. Framed 23" x 28". This is the original art signed by the artist Pauline King.