Buffalo Dancer
Date1970s
MediumPaper, wood
Dimensions25.5"x21.5"x1.25"
Classifications3D Object
Object number2008.029.65
DescriptionPARTIAL INVENTORY- Lithograph of Woody Crumbo's Buffalo Dancer. The image depicts a dancer (proper right side) with his right leg up and his face up. He is wearing fur on his head (along with buffalo horns), his back, and his legs. He is wearing a broadcloth and appears to be holding a knife in his proper right hand and a shield on his proper left. There are feathers throughout his regalia. The background is white and the image is comprised of various shades of brown, red, yellow, blue, black, and white. On the proper bottom right is "Buffalo Dancer" and on the proper bottom left is "Crumbo Woody M. Crumbo 311/1275". The inner mat is red, the outer mat is yellow, and the frame is dark brown wood. NMAI has a similar item and the 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: 33 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: 26/3974 SEE MORE ITEMS IN: Modern and Contemporary Arts DATA SOURCE: National Museum of the American Indian". Stacy wrote "ART.2008.65" on the back. Item is listed in the "Woody Crumbo Paintings Inventory March 23, 2005" as being located at "Clinic Front Entrance".Collections
Finding AidLithograph of Woody Crumbo's Buffalo Dancer. The image depicts a dancer (proper right side) with his right leg up and his face up. He is wearing fur on his head (along with buffalo horns), his back, and his legs. He is wearing a broadcloth and appears to be holding a knife in his proper right hand and a shield on his proper left. There are feathers throughout his regalia. The background is white and the image is comprised of various shades of brown, red, yellow, blue, black, and white. On the proper bottom right is "Buffalo Dancer" and on the proper bottom left is "Crumbo Woody M. Crumbo 311/1275". The inner mat is red, the outer mat is yellow, and the frame is dark brown wood.