Pictorial Elk Hide Painting
possibly Cadzi Cody (Codsiogo), Shoshone / American, 1865 - 1912
possibly George Washakie, Shoshone / American, 1873 - 1913
Shoshone
Great Basin
1905
Elk hide and pigment
Overall: 60 1/4 × 64 3/16 in. (153 × 163 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Roger Nelson
163.4.14830
Geography
Place Made: Wind River Reservation, Fort Washakie, United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Painting
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Great Basin
Not on view
Course History
ANTH 12.13, Moving House in Prehistory, Benjamin Valentine, Spring 2015
Publication History
[Northern, Tamara]. "Native American Art". Hanover, New Hampshire: Hood Museum of Art, page 29 . (Published in conjunctionwith Gutman Gallery opening exhibition)
Provenance
Elk shot by Franklin U. Nelson, 1905; commissioned George Washakie to paint; given to his nephew, Roger E. Nelson; given to present collection, 1963.
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