Name/Title
Yankton Sioux Lodge Hanging, by Pretty Hawk, Sioux Indian Painting, Plate IIEntry/Object ID
575/13136A-02Scope and Content
Yankton Sioux Lodge Hanging, by Pretty Hawk, Sioux Indian Painting, Plate II. Painted lining or inner hanging of a lodge. It was executed in 1864 by Pretty Hawk, a chieftain of the Yanktonnais Sioux, and it represents one of his exploits in the capture of horses. (Peabody Museum)
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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Yankton Sioux Art, Lodge Lining, Chief Pretty Hawk, Native American, Native American Art, Sioux, Plains Tribes, Yankton Sioux, 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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Person or Organization
Chief Pretty Hawk
