Joe Scheuerle and His Remarkable Indian Gallery
Title:
CALLOUS LEG, HUNKPAPA SIOUX
Artist:
Scheuerle, Joe (1873-1948)
Medium:
Gouache/Paper
Date:
1938
Source:
Gift of the Family of Joe Scheuerle
Object ID:
2003.85.02
Description:
Scheuerle wrote on the back, "Four Wives - Callous Leg, Hunkpapa Sioux of 'Sitting Bulls Band', lives on Porcupine Creek Cannon Ball District - this is how he looked the night before a small dance - Has an interesting Dancing Wand, decorated with beads and picturing his four wives - I got the wand. Painted in Fort Yates. Standing Rock Agency, N.D. July 1938"
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Painting, Callous Leg, Hunkpapa Sioux, 2003.85.02 (front)Painting, Callous Leg, Hunkpapa Sioux, 2003.85.02 (front)
Painting, Callous Leg, Hunkpapa Sioux, 2003.85.02 (back)Painting, Callous Leg, Hunkpapa Sioux, 2003.85.02 (back)