Collection: Warnock

Item Number: WC8805005

Category: Stick - Dance Stick

Region: Plains

Tribe: Sioux - Teton, Hunkpapa

Period: 1875-1900

Materials: Wood; commercial tanned leather; iron; pewter; red and blue paint

Description: Stylized horse effigy with one articulated leg, bridle and reins. Body of horse is painted blue and characterized by bullet wounds in red on both sides.

Dimensions: Length 31.37 inches 79.7 cm

Provenance:

Joseph No Two Horns, Hunkpapa Lakota (1852-1942)
Alexander Gallery
Epic Fine Arts Co./Masco Corp.

Exhibitions:

Splendid Heritage, Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, Santa Fe, May 27, 1995 - September 27, 1995
Eiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis, October 23, 1998 - October 3, 1999
Splendid Heritage, The Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, February 10, 2009 - March 1, 2010
Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, Wy, May 1, 2010 - October 31, 2010
Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, Mo, Febuary 12, 2010 - April 24, 2010

References:

West, Ian M., Plains Indian Horse Sticks, Volume 3, Number 2, Spring 1978, American Indian Art Magazine, American Indian Art, Scottsdale, pp 58-67.
Wooley, David L. and Joseph D. Horse Capture, Joseph No Two Horns He Nupa Wanica, Volume 18, Number 3, Summer 1993, American Indian Art Magazine, American Indian Art, Scottsdale, pp 32-43.
Warnock, John and Marva Warnock, eds, Splendid Heritage: Perspectives on American Indian Art, University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City, 2009, pp 100

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