Sings High Up

Sings High Up

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

Portrait of Sings High Up (Niitsitapii/ Blackfoot) wearing purple, yellow and red dress, blue beaded necklace, and blue and white beaded hair piece.

Joseph Henry Sharp

Gift of the Thomas Gilcrease Foundation, 1955.

ca. 1902 - 1905

Image and information accessed from Gilcrease Museum webpage. Citation: Sharp, Joseph. Sings High Up. 0137.503. 1902 - 1905. Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/0137503 (03/06/2018).

Sharp's Inscription: "Sings High Up-1902-5 Blackfeet Squaw One of the few women taking part in ceremonials- I have seen her in a war bonnet reaching the ground, dancing with the braves".

Gilcrease accession number: 0137.503

Oil on canvas

Framed: 16 3/4 x 12 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. (43 x 32 x 4 cm)
Canvas: 14 1/8 x 10 in.