Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0920 | |
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 |