Buffalo Dance-Six Dancers, Two Drummers

Thomas Vigil, Buffalo Dance-Six Dancers, Two Drummers, ca. 1920-1950, gouache and pencil on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Corbin-Henderson Collection, Gift of Alice H. Rossin, 1979.144.63
Copied Thomas Vigil, Buffalo Dance-Six Dancers, Two Drummers, ca. 1920-1950, gouache and pencil on paper, sheet: 14 x 22 1⁄2 in. (35.7 x 57.2 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Corbin-Henderson Collection, Gift of Alice H. Rossin, 1979.144.63

Artwork Details

Title
Buffalo Dance-Six Dancers, Two Drummers
Artist
Date
ca. 1920-1950
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sheet: 14 x 22 1⁄2 in. (35.7 x 57.2 cm)
Credit Line
Corbin-Henderson Collection, Gift of Alice H. Rossin
Mediums
Mediums Description
gouache and pencil on paper
Classifications
Subjects
  • Object — musical instrument — rattle
  • Object — musical instrument — drum
  • Ceremony — dance — Buffalo Dance
  • Dress — ceremonial — Indian dress
  • Indian
  • Figure group
Object Number
1979.144.63
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1979.144.63

Exhibitions

Media - 1985.66.404 - SAAM-1985.66.404_1 - 9039
Picturing the American Buffalo: George Catlin and Modern Native American Artists
October 11, 2019–March 13, 2020
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Picturing the American Buffalo: George Catlin and Modern Native American Artists examines representations of buffalo and their integration into the lives of Native Americans on the Great Plains in the 1830s and in the twentieth century.