Blackfeet Sun Dance Ceremonial Medicine Lodge

Blackfeet Sun Dance Ceremonial Medicine Lodge

In the collection of the Thomas Gilcrease Institute of American history and Art (Tulsa, OK).

Landscape scene of Niitsitapii/ Blackfeet camp and temporary Sun dance ceremony lodge. Sharp's inscription: "Blackfeet Reservation, Mont. Right, temporary large lodge for Sun Dance & other ceremonials. Medicine Lodge with buffalos. 'Medicine' is always (underlined) spiritual with Indians."

Joseph Henry Sharp

Gift of the Thomas Gilcrease Foundation, 1955.

1890

Image and information accessed from Gilcrease Museum webpage. Citation: Sharp, Joseph. Blackfeet Sun Dance Ceremonial Medicine Lodge. 0137.339. 1890. Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/0137339 (02/14/2017).

Gilcrease accession number: 0137.339

Oil on canvas board

Framed: 12 3/16 x 16 1/8 x 7/8 in. (31 x 41 x 2 cm)
Image: 9 1/2 x 13 1/2 in. (24 x 34 cm)