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Object Number 987-27-10/71208
Display Title "Sioux Sun Dance"
Descriptions
Object Description "Sioux Sun Dance." Drawing. Cross near painted buffalo skull; bottom left, man in "horse dance"; bottom right, man with eaglebone whistle. Sun dancers in circle with lines to pectoral muscles as attached in the ritual. Various elements derive from painted robe designs. Black, red, blue ballpoint pen ink on paper; matted and framed.
Classification
  • Drawing
Date 1960
Artist James Byrnes (1960 ca. - ca. 1960)
Culture
  • Dakota
  • Laguna
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States
Dimensions Overall: 53 x 38 cm (20 7/8 x 14 15/16 in.)
Provenance
Collector Byron Harvey, III (? - 1987)
Donor Byron Harvey, III

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