Dance to the Medicine Bag of the Brave
1835-1837
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 49.7 × 70.1 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-137058
“This is a custom well worth recording, for the beautiful moral which is contained in it. In this plate is represented a party of Sac warriors who have returned victorious from battle, with scalps they have taken from their enemies, but having lost one of their party, they appear and dance in front of his wigwam, fifteen days in succession, about an hour on each day, when the widow hangs his medi…
Provenance
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.
Registry history
- 1835-1837 — Recorded in the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum
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