Inscribed on label glued to backing: Blackfeet Sun Dance Ceremonial Medicine Lodge. Ceremonial lodge right. Medicine Lodge. Inked on paper glued to backing: Blackfeet Reservation, Mont. Right, temporary large lodge for Sun Dance & other ceremonials. Medicine Lodge with buffalos. Medicine is always spiritual with Indians.
The Gilcrease Museum also owns a sketch of the Sundance structure used by the dancers. (see related image, #587)
Blackfeet Sun Dance Ceremonial Medicine Lodge
Record ID: 459
Date: 1903 – 1905; [1890]
Medium: oil on canvas board
Dimensions: 12 1/4 x 16 1/8 in.
Signature / Inscription: LR: J.H.SHARP.
Owner: Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK
Accession Number: 0137.339
Provenance:
The artist; [?]; Dr. Philip G. Cole, Tarrytown, NY; Thomas Gilcrease, Tulsa, OK, 1947; The Thomas Gilcrease Foundation, Tulsa, OK; present owner by gift 1955
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