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Indian Buffalo Hunt (on bison bone)
Indian Buffalo Hunt (on bison bone)

Indian Buffalo Hunt (on bison bone)

Date1911
MediumOil on Bone
Dimensions19 × 9 1/2 in. (48.3 × 24.1 cm)
Credit LineJKM Collection, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Object numberM1990.006
ClassificationsPainting
Categorywildlife
ProvenanceEstate of Jimmy Simpson; (C. M. Russell Auction of Original Western Art), March 28, 1990; to Robert S. and Grayce B. Kerr Foundation, 1990; to JKM Collection, National Museum of Wildlife Art by gift, 2000
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DescriptionA pair of bison scapulas (with M1990.004), one painted by Carl Rungius and one painted by Philip R. Goodwin. Image of a large bison painted on a bison bone (scapula). Facing right on the wide section of the bone. The Indians are hunting the bison.