Deer Dancer
Date1970s
MediumPaper, wood
Dimensions25.5"x21.5"x1.25"
Classifications3D Object
Object number2008.029.46
DescriptionPARTIAL INVENTORY- Lithograph of Woody Crumbo's Deer Dancer. The item depicts a native american man with his legs bent and looking forward. He has a deer pelt and antlers on and is holding a spear with feathers coming off of the back. His skin has painted designs. The painting is yellow, black, red, gray, blue, and brown. The inside matte is blue, the outside is tan, and the frame is dark brown. At the bottom right it reads, "Deer Dancer" and on the bottom left it reads, "Crumbo Woody M. Crumbo 338/950". NMAI has a similar item and their record reads, "ARTISTS/MAKERS: Woody Crumbo (Woodrow Wilson Crumbo), Potawatomi [Oklahoma]/Oklahoma Muskogee (Creek), 1912-1989 DONOR: R. E. Mansfield (Richard E. Mansfield), Non-Indian, 1937-2007 OBJECT NAME: Print MEDIA/MATERIALS: Paper, ink TECHNIQUES: Silkscreen printed DIMENSIONS: 32.9 x 26.6 cm CULTURE/PEOPLE: Potawatomi [Oklahoma] OBJECT TYPE: Painting/Drawing/Print PLACE: Oklahoma; USA DATE CREATED: circa 1970 COLLECTION HISTORY: Formerly in the collection of R.E. Mansfield (1937-2007); donated to NMAI in 2003. CATALOG NUMBER: 26/3975 SEE MORE ITEMS IN: Modern and Contemporary Arts DATA SOURCE: National Museum of the American Indian". Created circa 20th century. Stacy wrote "Art.2008.46" on the back. Item is listed in the "Woody Crumbo Paintings Inventory March 23, 2005" as being located at "Housing".Collections
Finding AidLithograph of Woody Crumbo's Deer Dancer. The item depicts a man with his legs bent and looking forward. He has a deer pelt and antlers on and is holding a spear with feathers coming off of the back. His skin has painted designs. The painting is yellow, black, red, gray, blue, and brown. The inside mat is blue, the outside is tan, and the frame is dark brown. At the bottom right it reads, "Deer Dancer" and on the bottom left it reads, "Crumbo Woody M. Crumbo 338/950".