Cotsiogo
{{Short description|Eastern Shoshone artist (c. 1866–1912)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Cotsiogo
| image = Portrait of Codsiogo, before 1898.png
| image_upright = 1
| caption = Cotsiogo, photographed prior to 1898
| other_names = Codsiogo, Katsikodi, Cadzi Cody
| birth_date = {{circa|1866}}
| death_date = {{Death year and age|1912|1866}}
| occupation = Artist
| known_for = Hide paintings
| parents = Washakie
}}
Cotsiogo ({{Circa|1866}}–1912), also known as Codsiogo, Katsikodi, or Cadzi Cody, was an Eastern Shoshone artist known for his hide paintings. He lived on the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming.
Early life
Born in the 1860s, Cotsiogo was a son of Eastern Shoshone leader Washakie.{{Cite web |title=WIND RIVER SHOSHONE PAINTED ELK HIDE |url=https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-5400592 |access-date=10 December 2023 |website=Christie's}} During Cotsiogo's lifetime, the tribe was placed on the Wind River Indian Reservation in the Wyoming Territory, a reservation established by the Fort Bridger Treaty of 1868.{{Cite web |last=Kilroy-Ewbank |first=Lauren |title=Eastern Shoshone: Hide Painting of the Sun Dance, attributed to Cotsiogo (Cadzi Cody) |url=https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ap-art-history/indigenous-americas-apah/north-america-apah/a/eastern-shoshone-hide-painting-of-the-sun-dance-attributed-to-cotsiogo-cadzi-cody |access-date=10 December 2023 |website=Khan Academy}}{{Cite web |last=Guenther |first=Todd |last2=Stewart |first2=James J. |last3=Copp-LaRocque |first3=Clara |last4=Brow |first4=Gale |title=Codsiogo |url=https://nebula.wsimg.com/5d145a8a2e78b023ae4ba8ebf5430c4a?AccessKeyId=8DEEBA786794D9DD4655&disposition=0&alloworigin=1 |access-date=10 December 2023 |website=Nebula.wsimg.com |publisher=Central Wyoming College}}
Work
File:Story robe Shoshone Amerind.pngCotsiogo was known for his paintings on animal hides, including elk hide. His earliest paintings had depictions of the Wolf (War) Dance with a US flag at the center of the piece. The Shoshone Wolf Dance evolved into the Grass Dance, with men dancers going from having "one or two feathers in their hair to war bonnets with long streamers and feather bustles". Depictions of the Wolf Dance were quickly replaced by the Sun Dance, Grass Dance, and buffalo hunts. Cotsiogo, who sold his paintings to white tourists visiting the Wind River Reservation, included scenes of traditional buffalo hunts because they were seen as more desirable by buyers.{{Cite web |title=Scenes of Plains Indian Life |url=https://collections.artsmia.org/art/3384/scenes-of-plains-indian-life-cadzi-cody |access-date=10 December 2023 |website=Minneapolis Institute of Art}} Thanks to the tourist economy, new trade markets, and the influx of new materials, artists like Cotsiogo were able to produce works that helped support themselves and their families.{{Cite web |title=Painted Elk Hide |url=https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/83032 |access-date=10 December 2023 |website=Brooklyn Museum}}
References
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Category:Native American male artists
Category:Native American painters
Category:People from pre-statehood Wyoming
Category:Eastern Shoshone people
Category:Wind River Indian Reservation
Category:20th-century Native American artists
Category:19th-century Native American artists
Category:Eastern Shoshone Tribe
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