The Scalp Dance

George Catlin, The Scalp Dance, lithograph, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Museum of Natural History, Department of Ethnology, Smithsonian Institution, 1985.66.386,595H
George Catlin, The Scalp Dance, lithograph, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Museum of Natural History, Department of Ethnology, Smithsonian Institution, 1985.66.386,595H
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Artwork Details

Title
The Scalp Dance
Artist
Location
Not on view
Credit Line
Transfer from the National Museum of Natural History, Department of Ethnology, Smithsonian Institution
Mediums Description
lithograph
Classifications
Subjects
  • Ceremony — Indian
  • Figure group
  • Ceremony — dance — Scalp Dance
  • Indian
Object Number
1985.66.386,595H
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1985.66.386,595H

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Breakdown with Flat Tire
Artist
Dateca. 1940-1941
oil on plywood
On view
William H. Johnson, Chain Gang, ca. 1939, oil on plywood, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Harmon Foundation, 1967.59.675
Chain Gang
Artist
Dateca. 1939
oil on plywood
On view
William H. Johnson, Midnight Sun, Lofoten, 1937, oil on burlap, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Harmon Foundation, 1967.59.907
Midnight Sun, Lofoten
Artist
Date1937
oil on burlap
On view
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Lamentation
Artist
Dateca. 1944
oil on fiberboard
On view