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Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Art & Architecture Thesaurus\OBJECTS FACET\Visual Works\visual works\visual works by medium or technique\sculpture\sculpture by material\

Found in 862 Collections and/or Records:

The Scalp Dancer', late 19th century - early 20th century

 Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 255.Unknown]
Identifier: TU2009.39.265.7.1
Description

Photograph of 'Scalp Dancer,' side view dancer facing right. Handwritten on the back, "The Scalp Dancer, $200...250...". Photograph attached to canvas-like album page with two holes punched on the left.

Dates: late 19th century - early 20th century

The Scalp Dancer', late 19th century - early 20th century

 Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 255.Unknown]
Identifier: TU2009.39.265.7.2
Description

Same subject and view as TU2009.39.265.7.1 Photograph of 'Scalp Dancer,' side view dancer facing right. Handwritten on the back, "The Scalp Dancer, $200...250...". Photograph attached to canvas-like album page with two holes punched on the left.

Dates: late 19th century - early 20th century

The Scalp Dancer, 1914

 Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 255.Unknown]
Identifier: TU2009.39.8387.15
Description

Leather album page with a photograph of a bronze Indian known as the scalp dancer. Remarks about the photograph include, "This Crow, one of a party just returned from a raid against the enemy, is celebrating their victory with feasting, dancing and counting their coup."

Dates: 1914

The Snake Priest', late 19th century - early 20th century

 Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 255.Unknown]
Identifier: TU2009.39.265.17.1
Description

Photograph of bronze entitled 'The Snake Priest,' side view facing left. Handwritten on the back in pencil, "The Snake Priest, $150...". Photograph attached to canvas-like album page with two holes punched on the left.

Dates: late 19th century - early 20th century

The Snake Priest', late 19th century - early 20th century

 Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 255.Unknown]
Identifier: TU2009.39.265.17.2
Description

Same subject and view as TU2009.39.265.17.1.

Dates: late 19th century - early 20th century

The Snake Priest, 1914

 Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 255.Unknown]
Identifier: TU2009.39.8387.17
Description Leather album page with a photograph of a bronze Indian, Hopi Medicine Man, and a rattle snake. Remarks for the photograph include, "the rattle snake is very sacred among the Hopi Indians as he has the power to bring rain and many are used to carry out their religious snake dance. Snake priests go out into the desert to catch as many as they need and in order to catch them they tickle them with a bunch of eagle feathers called 'a snake whip' until they uncoil and start to wriggle away. The...
Dates: 1914

The Spirit of the Buffalo, late 19th century - early 20th century

 Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 255.Unknown]
Identifier: TU2009.39.7658.14
Description

Photograph of bronze titled, "The Spirit of the Buffalo." Bronze depicts scene of man holding pipe and a buffalo skulls.

Dates: late 19th century - early 20th century

The Spirit of Winter, 1926

 Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 255.Unknown]
Identifier: TU2009.39.8387.35
Description Leather album page of bronze of a man with wolves. The figure is supposed to be Blackfoot Spirit with wolves. Remarks include, "this is an Indian fable of how winter came about. Winter is called by the Blackfoot Indians 'Cold Maker' and this bronze represents him. In the long ago, an Indian died who had been treated badly by his people. He was buried on a scaffold up in the branches of a Cottonwood. One night the wolves came along and pulled his body down from the tree, but found him too...
Dates: 1926

The Texas Steer, late 19th century - early 20th century

 Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 255.Unknown]
Identifier: TU2009.39.6431
Description

Bronze, 'The Texas Steer.' Bronze depicts a reclining Texas steer.

Dates: late 19th century - early 20th century

The Texas Steer, 1925

 Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 255.Unknown]
Identifier: TU2009.39.8387.33
Description

Leather album page with a photograph of a bronze steer. The marks of the photograph include, "After a long drive on the cattle trails, the steers after feeding are ready to bed down for the night and chew their cud in solid contentment."

Dates: 1925