Donor Name:

Victor J. Evans  Search this

Length - Object:

216 cm

Width - Object:

89 cm

Unknown - Object:

91 cm

221 cm

Culture:

Sioux (Oceti Sakowin)  Search this

Object Type:

Muslin Painting

Place:

Not Given, United States, North America

Accession Date:

20 Mar 1931

Notes:

PROVENIENCE NOTE: THIS ARTIFACT WAS ORIGINALLY LOGGED IN THE LEDGER AS "CROW, MONTANA," BUT SUBSEQUENTLY IDENTIFIED AS SIOUX, BY JOHN C. EWERS 2/1978. FROM CARD: "DEPICTS WAR SCENES. CUSTER'S LAST STAND. LOANED TO THE WALKER ART CENTER AUGUST 8, 1972. RETURNED TO THE DEPT. OF ANTHROPOLOGY 1-17-1973. Loaned 06/09/76 to National Portrait Gallery, Returned Oct 30, 1976" Object was lent to the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery for the exhibit "1898: U.S. Imperial Visions and Revisions", April 28, 2023 - February 25, 2024.

Though this artifact has sometimes been identified as depicting Custer's Last Stand/the Battle of the Little Bighorn, the source of that identification is unknown, and no documentation for this attribution has been located so far.

Pictographic scenes of warfare painted on muslin.

Record Last Modified:

30 Mar 2023

Specimen Count:

1

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Accession Number:

113605

USNM Number:

E358425-0

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Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/320da6470-0c6b-43d6-997b-6961db19ee9e

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8405031