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Dark Dance of the Little People

Object Details

Collection History
Formerly in the collection of American Indian art scholar Jeanne O. Snodgrass (1927-2002); purchased by MAI from Jeanne Snodgrass in 1966.
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Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Culture/People
Southern Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)
Artist/Maker
Dick West (Wapah Nahyah/Wah-pah-nah-yah/Walter Richard West, Sr.), Southern Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne), 1912-1996
Previous owner
Jeanne O. Snodgrass (Jeanne Snodgrass King), Non-Indian, 1927-2002
Seller
Jeanne O. Snodgrass (Jeanne Snodgrass King), Non-Indian, 1927-2002
Date created
1948
Title
Dark Dance of the Little People
Object Name
Painting
Media/Materials
Paper, watercolor
Techniques
Painted
Dimensions
45.8 x 30.5 cm
Object Type
Painting/Drawing/Print
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