Eastern Shoshone Painted Elk Hide by Cadzi Cody (1866-1912) 77" wide with various colorful pictorial depictions of horses, teepees, figures and animals. Cadzi Cody, also known as Cotsiogo, is the son of Chief Washakie. Late 19th century. $20,000-40,000

Cadzi Cody (c. 1866–1912) was a distinguished Eastern Shoshone artist best known for his hide paintings and drawings that preserved the ceremonial, historical, and social traditions of his people during a period of rapid cultural change. A son of the celebrated Shoshone leader Chief Washakie, Cody grew up during the final decades of the free-roaming horse culture and became one of the finest practitioners of narrative pictorial art on the Wind River Reservation. His works—characterized by bold figures, dynamic battle and dance scenes, and careful attention to
regalia and tribal identity—serve as visual records of Shoshone life in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Today, Cadzi Cody is recognized as one of the most important Native artists of his era, and his paintings are held in major museum collections throughout the country.

Hide shows some discoloration in areas, paint is still mostly bright and clear. Some areas of staining bear corners, as well as some wrinkling in hide. Overall soft and supple.