A Mohican Woman, 1650

Date created
1948-1952
Culture/People
Yanktonnai Nakota
Artist/Maker
Oscar Howe (Mazuha Hokshina), Yanktonnai Nakota, 1915-1983
Seller
Yolande Jacobson Sheppard (Mrs. J. Craig Sheppard), Non-Indian, 1921-1998
Previous owner
Dr. Oscar Brousse Jacobson, Non-Indian, 1882-1966
Commissioner
Dr. Oscar Brousse Jacobson, Non-Indian, 1882-1966
Collection History
Part of a series of paintings commissioned by Dr. Oscar Brousse Jacobson (1882-1966, artist, scholar, Native art patron, and director of the University of Oklahoma's School of Art from 1915 to 1954) for "North American Indian Costumes, 1564-1950," a book by Oscar B. Jacobson and Oscar Howe and published by Editions d'Art C. Szwedzicki. Nice, France, 1952. The original paintings were purchased by MAI from Dr. Jacobson's daughter Yolande Jacobson Sheppard (1921-1998) in 1968.
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Place
South Dakota; USA
See related items
Yanktonnai Nakota
Painting/Drawing/Print
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Catalog Number
24/9004
Barcode
249004.000
Object Type
Painting/Drawing/Print
Title
A Mohican Woman, 1650
Object Name
Painting
Media/Materials
Paper, watercolor, ink
Techniques
Painted
Dimensions
30.1 x 45.2 cm
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws65dc96b3a-b5f8-4181-8325-8b75c8f11ce1
Record ID
NMAI_264930