Joseph Henry Sharp

Earl C. Adams, Los Angeles

Private Collection

Coeur d'Alene Auction, Reno, Nevada, 27 July 2019, lot 197

Acquired from the above by the present owner

San Francisco, The Old Mint and Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, The West Remembered, Artists and Images 1837-1973, June 1973 - January 1974, no. 70, pp. 45-46, illustrated in color

Forrest Fenn, Teepee Smoke : A New Look into the Life and Work of Joseph Henry Sharp, Santa Fe 1983, no. 224, p. 313

Larry Len Peterson, The American West Reimagined: Gems from the Coeur d’Alene Art Auction, Hayden, Idaho 2021, p. 335, illustrated in color

An artist's inscription on the tacking edge reads as follows:

The Red Willow Camp

From the Inside Bark of Red Willow Indians Get Their Kinnikinig

They Mix it with Tobacco Now

"Kinnikinick" refers to a Native American herbal smoking mixture, composed of leaves and bark. Recipes for the mixture vary and uses range from spiritual to medicinal purposes. The tradition of harvesting kinnikinick is illustrated in Autumnal Teepees.