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Catalog Number

CAS 0370-0920   CAS 0370-0920; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Creek, Potawatomi
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Oklahoma
County unknown
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Crumbo, Sr. (1912-1989)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1935-1945
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on paper
Description Untitled painting on brown paper depicting a burial platform with shrouded body on top and the personal effects (saddle, bow and quiver of arrows, eagle feather headdress, pipe bag, and parfleche) of the deceased suspended from the platform or arranged at its base; Small fire burns beneath platform and 3 wolves are encircling in foreground; Signature "Crumbo" is printed in orange paint in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 40.7, Length = 30.2