Name/Title
Sioux Warrior with Saber Attacking Crow Indian, by Kills Two Sioux Indian Painting, Plate VEntry/Object ID
575/13136A-05Scope and Content
Sioux Warrior with Saber Attacking Crow Indian, by Kills Two Sioux Indian Painting, Plate V. Sioux warrior armed with saber attacking a Crow Indian. Particularly after the Battle of Little Bighorn many Sioux warriors carried sabers captured from white calvarymen. The Crow is indicated by the roach of the frontal hair. Painting on canvas by Kills Two (Nupa Kie), Oglala Sioux. (Collection of H.B. Alexander)
Portfolio of Sioux Indian Painting, Paintings of the Sioux and Other Tribes of the Great Plains, Part I, published by C. Szwedzicki, Nice, France, 1938. Limited Edition. No. 361. Introduction and notes by Hartley Burr Alexander. Part. 1 contains Plates I-XXV. Painters of Part 1 are Sioux, Mandan, Shoshone, and Kiowa. On cover of Portfolio--Sioux Warriors on horseback, by Kills Two (Nupa Kie), Oglala Sioux.
Part. 2 contains an addition 25 Plates I-XXV different than Part 1.Collection
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Oglala Sioux Art, Red Walker, Native American, Native American Art, Sioux, Plains Tribes, Crow Indians, Oceti SakowinEthnography
Notes
The word, Sioux, is referenced. Sioux is considered a slur word according to the Oceti Sakowin peoples.Relationships
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Kills Two
