Allan Houser, Buffalo Dance, 1983, Indiana limestone, 13 3⁄4 x 60 x 14 in. (35.9 x 52.4 x 35.5 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program, Frank E. Everett, and the Alice Henderson (Rossin) Colquitt Fund in honor of William Penhallow Henderson, 1995.11, © 1983, Allan Houser
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Artwork Details
- Title
- Buffalo Dance
- Artist
- Date
- 1983
- Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 13 3⁄4 x 60 x 14 in. (35.9 x 52.4 x 35.5 cm.)
- Copyright
- © 1983, Allan Houser
- Credit Line
- Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program, Frank E. Everett, and the Alice Henderson (Rossin) Colquitt Fund in honor of William Penhallow Henderson
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- Indiana limestone
- Subjects
- Ceremony — dance — Buffalo Dance
- Dress — Indian dress
- Figure — full length
- Indian
- Figure — head
- Figure group
- Object Number
- 1995.11
Works by this artist (3 items)
Exhibitions
October 11, 2019–March 13, 2020
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.