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Scalp Dance, Sioux Tribe
Artist
John Caspar Wild
(American, b. Switzerland, 1804 - 1846)
Date1843
MediumInk on paper
DimensionsOverall Inches: image: 4 5/8 x 6 3/4 inches, sheet: 5 5/16 x 7 1/2 inches; Overall Centimeters: image: 11.8 x 10.3 cm, sheet: 13.5 x 19.1 cm
Credit LineThe John Driscoll American Drawings Collection
Object number2018.216
Collections
ClassificationsWork on Paper
Object NameDrawing
DepartmentPermanent Collection
CultureNorth American
NationalityAmerican
On View
Not on viewCentury
- Nineteenth
Signedverso, bottom left: C Wild / June 1843
Inscribedverso, top right: Plate 4 / Page 4; verso, bottom right: The Scalp dance / Sioux tribe