In the spring of 1710 four men from the Iroquois country, three Mohawks and a Mohican, sailed to London to ask Queen Anne for help against New France. The "Four Indian Kings" were the talk of the city, and the queen commissioned portraits of them from the painter John Verelst. The paintings show what European visitors to the Woodlands kept describing: designs pricked into the skin with bone or needles and rubbed with charcoal or soot. In his portrait, Sa Ga Yeath Qua Pieth Tow's face and chest are covered in lines and patterns. A warrior's tattoos could record war honours, clan identity or a personal guardian spirit, and some men added marks over a lifetime.

This warrior runs bent low and barefoot, his musket trailing in his right hand by the sling. His head is shaved except for a red-painted scalp lock, and his face is painted black and red. Tattooed lines run across his chest, arms and legs. A beaded strap crosses his shoulder, and he wears a red sash over a blue breechcloth trimmed in yellow. To show a rush out of the treeline, send him in with Native Warrior Yelling War Cry, Native American Warrior Advancing Crouched Down and Native Warrior Attacking with War Club.

W. Britain model 16124. 1/30 scale (approximately 60mm), matte-painted metal. Single foot figure on a sculpted groundwork base. Boxed.