Jaws - chasing some buffalos and killed a gray buffalo

Artist Jaw (Cehu'pa) ?

Datec. 1890

Location where collectedSouth Dakota, United States

Mediumlined ledger book paper, pencil, watercolor or ink

DimensionsH: 27 cm
W: 43 cm

ClassificationsVisual Works

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Charles Boyd

Object number1952.11.10

DescriptionDrawn in pencil across opened sheet; from the right, mounted hunter on running red horse firing a rifle at 6 running buffalo; five buffalos are painted black with a gray (penciled) hump; the sixth is filled in with light pencil to show the gray animal, which has been wounded twice; blood pours from the two wounds and the animal's mouth; the buffalo next to it is also bleeding from the mouth and a wound; the man is wearing a green shirt, black trousers, with hair tied in braids; title written in ink across the top

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