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Culture/People:
Southern Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)  Search this
Artist/Maker:
Dick West (Wapah Nahyah/Wah-pah-nah-yah/Walter Richard West, Sr.), Southern Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne), 1912-1996  Search this
Previous owner:
Harold S. Spelke, Non-Indian, 1912-2005  Search this
Ruth Spelke (Mrs. Harold Spelke), Non-Indian, 1920-1999  Search this
Donor:
Harold S. Spelke, Non-Indian, 1912-2005  Search this
Ruth Spelke (Mrs. Harold Spelke), Non-Indian, 1920-1999  Search this
Title:
Untitled
Object Name:
Painting
Media/Materials:
Cotton canvas, oil paint
Techniques:
Painted
Dimensions:
63 x 50.5 cm
Object Type:
Painting/Drawing/Print
Place:
Oklahoma; USA (inferred)
Date created:
1948
Collection History:
Formerly in the collection of Harold S. Spelke (1912-2005) and his wife Ruth Spelke (1920-1999) and said to have been acquired at Bacone College, probably circa 1950; donated to NMAI by Mr. and Mrs. Spelke in 1993.
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Catalog Number:
25/4001
Barcode:
254001.000
See related items:
Southern Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)
Painting/Drawing/Print
Data Source:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6fdb81631-23f1-40e3-ab22-1d7f480d36a9
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:NMAI_270023