Oil painting on canvas "Poker Jim" by Beatrice Howie Mackey. Half portrait depicting the head and torso of a Flathead chief. He is wearing a wrap-around blanket of red, green, white and purple stripes, a white beaded necklace choker and layers of beads that go down to a group of three feathers at the end, and a black cowboy-type hat with a group of red, brown, and green feathers that stick out of the top. He has two long braids in the front with white fabric around the ends. He is holding a coup stick decorated with feathers beads and leather in his left hand.
Beatrice Howie Mackey lived in Montana and was known for Native American portrait and landscape.
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