| Object ID |
T0405 |
| Object Name |
Drum |
| Description |
Drum with Portrait of Horse and Rider;
Hunkpapa Sioux (Lakota) attributed to Jaw (Cehupa);
Medium/Materials: Hide, wood, copper rivets, pigments, pencil;
Marks: On reverse, in pencil the signature of "A.H. Wilkinson"; in black ink: "35" (A.H. Wilkinson written twice and initials written twice); |
| Artist |
Jaw (attributed to) |
| Dimensions |
D-2 Dia-16 inches |
| Early Date |
1920 |
| Late Date |
1929 |
| Place of Origin |
Standing Rock Reservation, SD, USA |
| People |
Hunkpapa Sioux (Lakota)/ |
| Provenance |
(1) A. B. Welch. Standing Rock Reservation, South Dakota. Welch founded the Shriners while he was Superintendant of the Reservation.;
(2) Mandan Indian Shriners of El Zagel Temple. Fargo, North Dakota. A.H. Wilkinson was "Chief" of the Shriners of El Zagel (ca. 1920-1940) Club defunct as of 1994.;
(3) David Wooley. Purchased from the Mandan Indian Shriners July, 1994;
(4) Toby Herbst. Santa Fe, New Mexico.;
(5) Eugene V. Thaw 28 December 1994.;
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| History |
Scholarly Attributions:
Joe Horse Capture - June 1997 - believes that the drum was not painted by No Two Horns as it was originally identified. He thinks that Jaw was the artist. Horse Capture cites the difference in the treatment of the bridle in that No Two Horns drew a line directly from the top of the head (poll) to the throttle and then a straight line from there to the mouth drawing a round circle to represent the bridle. No Two Horns also drew horses' necks with greater definition as well as the legs at the knees and fetlocks. Jaw's work shows strong similarities in the thick neck, the simpler treatment of the legs, the way the ears curve back.and the way the nose and muzzle are drawn. Horse Capture also noted that he saw the drum in 1990-1991 when the Shriner's had it. He also indicated that the cut-off legs is unusual on a Northern Plains drum. Horse Capture pointed out that the artist predrew from a stencil then added the warrior - can see the lines at the rider's seat and foot. And that he knows of a photograph of the
Shriners using the drum and that there are more examples of Jaw's drawings. Horse Capture assigns a date of the 1920s. |
| Used |
Hunkpapa Sioux (Lakota) |
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