On rawhide, representing buffalo hunt; mounted hunter pursuing buffalo with calf; flying above is dragon-like creature with finned tail; black border, cream ground, green base, black bison, black-outlined red calf, yellow horse. Rectangular.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Great Plains, North America
Verbatim coll. place:
; Great Plains
Culture or time period:
Kiowa
Maker or artist:
Hawgone
Collector:
Hugh Lenox Scott
Collection date:
1901
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dragons and Paintings (visual works)
Function:
7.1 Writing and Records (including religious texts)
Context of use:
Made to illustrate the Kiowa "Sinday" tales recorded by General Scott.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 41.5 centimeters and width 25.3 centimeters
Comment:
[cont'd from Name Comments] "...'Han-gun' = 'Iron Man.' He is my regular Kiowa artist." Photo: 15-19930.
Loans:
S1962-1963 #39: Fort Sill National Historic Landmark and Museum (February 7, 1963–May 6, 1963) and S1993-1994 #7: SFO Museum (October 1, 1993–June 30, 1994)