Dividing the Chief's Estate

Dividing the Chief's Estate

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

Open tepee and group of native people with central female figure going through pile of chief's belongings. Two horses and two dogs among group of twenty indigenous people, mostly wrapped in blankets of various colors.

Joseph Henry Sharp

Gift of the Thomas Gilcrease Foundation, 1955.

1890

Image and information accessed from Gilcrease Museum webpage. Citation: Sharp, Joseph. Dividing the Chief's Estate. 0137.388. 1890. Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/0137388 (02/14/2017).

Gilcrease accession number: 0137.388

Oil on canvas

Framed: 37 7/8 x 50 15/16 x 2 5/16 in. (96 x 129 x 6 cm)
Canvas: 27 1/8 x 40 in. (69 x 102 cm)