Joe Scheuerle and His Remarkable Indian Gallery
Title:
CHIEF BIG MOON
Artist:
Scheuerle, Joe (1873-1948)
Medium:
Watercolor
Date:
1910
Source:
Gift of Joe Scheuerle's grandson Bill Grierson and wife Pat
Object ID:
2008.76.01
Description:
Note by the artist on the back reads, "Being a friend of JH Sharp, he welcomed me with a speech in his lodge one night - and made me a member of his clan with due ceremony and game me the name of a departed warrior, Spotted Head - Painted at Browning Camp - Blackfeet Res. Mont, 1910"
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Painting, Chief Big Moon, 2008.76.01 (front)Painting, Chief Big Moon, 2008.76.01 (front)
Painting, Chief Big Moon, 2008.76.01 (back)Painting, Chief Big Moon, 2008.76.01 (back)