Art Survey No. 1010: Dance to the Medicine Bag of the Brave, 1853-1870
Scope and Contents
The Art Survey is an inventory of artwork throughout the Museum, conducted by Joel Sweimler in 1991-1992. It is not exhaustive: numerous additional artworks are documented in the library catalog after the survey's completion.
There is a physical copy of the survey that consists of seven volumes, printed from the original database. Volumes 1-4 contain records of art work in the American Museum of Natural History. There are two copies of an author index in three volumes. The database was migrated into the library catalog, and then copied to the archives catalog on this finding aid.
Additional research on artworks in the Museum is in progress.
Dates
- Creation: 1853-1870
Creator
- Catlin, George, 1796-1872 (Artist, Person)
Biographical / Historical
Born in: Wilkes-Barre, PA; Died in: Jersey City, NJ.Active in: U.S.; Europe. Catlin's 1840s and 1850s portraits and paintings of Indian and western culture are important documents in American history, anthropology, and art.
Full Extent
1 Object : painting : oil on paper ; 18 1/8 x 24 3/8 in., mounted 21 x 27 3/4 in.
Language of Materials
English
Condition
Fair (4).
General Note
Depicts group of Indians dancing in a circle carrying weapons with elaborate hair, with drummers on right. Sauk ceremony to celebrate a war victory. Mounted on painted green cardboard. Catlin cat. (1871) #160.
Exhibition Note
10/16/1958 - 10/31/1958 "George Catlin." Kennedy Galleries.
Local Note
A-244.
Repository Details
Part of the Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library Repository
American Museum of Natural History
200 Central Park West
New York NY 10024 USA
(212) 769-5420
archives@amnh.org
