Virtual ExhibitsTitle:
CHASE ALMOND, SIOUX WOMAN
Artist:
Scheuerle, Joe (1873-1948)
Medium:
Watercolor/Gouache
Date:
1909
Source:
Nippert Collection of Joseph Scheuerle Portraits, donated by Alfred K., Jr. and Kathye H. Nippert
Object ID:
2016.71.06
Description:
On the back Scheuerle noted, "Chase Almond - Ogalala [sic] Sioux - (Wife of Roan Horse). Painted at Pine Ridge Agy. SD. 1909. Note the heavy shell ear rings. They have torn big slits in her ears - her garment ornamented with sea shells - like used by our N.W. tribes of the Columbia river and Puget Sound. A very sweet old lady, who always talked a lot to me, I didn't savvy [comprehend], sorry to say."
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Painting, Chase Almond Sioux Woman, 2016.71.06 (front)
Painting, Chase Almond Sioux Woman, 2016.71.06 (back)
Painting, Chase Almond Sioux Woman, 2016.71.06 (front)
Painting, Chase Almond Sioux Woman, 2016.71.06 (back)
