Medicine Shell

Medicine Shell

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

Portrait of Medicine Shell (Apsáalooke/ Crow) woman wearing brown blanket with red and blue trim and green pendent necklace.

Joseph Henry Sharp

Gift of the Thomas Gilcrease Foundation, 1955.

1905

Image and information accessed from Gilcrease Museum webpage. Citation: Sharp, Joseph. Medicine Shell. 0137.431. 1905. Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/0137431 (06/25/2019).

Sharp's inscription: "Medicine Shell 1905 Half Breed Crow Woman Crows somewhat immoral. Blackfeet and other tribes much less, Cheyennes none- In older times they cut the end of the nose off a woman who slipped- Brutal, but effective. In early 90's I saw one very old woman thus disfigured- and was the last"

Gilcrease accession number: 0137.431

Oil on canvas

Framed: 20 7/8 x 14 7/8 x 2 on. (53 x 38 x 5 cm)
Canvas: 18 x 12 1/4 in. (46 x 31 cm)