Nancy McClure

Untitled, Cheyenne (Tsistsistas) Quillwork Bag. Watercolor on paper, c. 1924 - 26. Gift of the Carl Spohr Sr. Family. 9.66.5
May 4, 2015

Art and Ethnography: The Spohr Collection

Past Exhibition Art and Ethnography: The art and collection of Carl Sr. and Adolf Spohr Cody Firearms Museum Breezeway Adolf Spohr (1889…

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Charles Marion Russell (1864-1926). "Dangerous Ground," 1902. Watercolor on paper, 10.31 x 14.5 in. Gift of William E. Weiss. 22.70 (detail)
May 3, 2015

“Dangerous Ground” by Charles Marion Russell re-discovered – Points West Online

Originally published in Points West magazineFall 1994 “Dangerous Ground” by Charles Marion Russell re-discovered Sarah LaughlinFormer Curatorial Assistant, Whitney Western Art and…

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Gold nuggets and dust. Gift of Forrest and Peggy Fenn. DRA.101.1
May 2, 2015

Treasures from Our West: gold nuggets and dust

Originally featured in Points West magazine in Spring 2009 Gold nuggets and gold dust in leather pouch In the late nineteenth century,…

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Hot sheep in the Powder River badlands near Broadus, Montana, 1884. L.A. Huffman Collection. MS 100 L.A. Huffman Collection, McCracken Research Library. P.100.3055
April 29, 2015

Treasures from Our West: Photograph, girl with lamb

Originally featured in Points West, Fall 2007 Charles Belden photograph of a girl with a lamb On the back of this photograph,…

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Sharps Model 1874 rifle. Gift of Olin Corporation, Winchester Arms Collection. 1988.8.1466
April 26, 2015

What Makes It a “Buffalo Gun”? – Points West Online

Originally published in Points West magazineSpring 1995 What Makes It a “Buffalo Gun”? By Howard Michael MadausFormer Curator of the Cody Firearms…

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Saddle, ca. 1893, William Cody Boal Collection, 1.69.45
April 25, 2015

Treasures from Our West: Saddle

Originally published in Points West magazine in Spring 2008 Saddle made for William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody This western saddle was made for…

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