Dark Dance of the Little People

Date created
1948
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
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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Place
Oklahoma; USA
See related items
Southern Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)
Painting/Drawing/Print
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Catalog Number
23/8382
Barcode
238382.000
Object Type
Painting/Drawing/Print
Title
Dark Dance of the Little People
Object Name
Painting
Media/Materials
Paper, watercolor
Techniques
Painted
Dimensions
45.8 x 30.5 cm
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws62b075906-a9c3-48a0-a4cd-578727b0779a
Record ID
NMAI_253971