Buffalo Painted on Bison Bone

Artist/Maker Carl Rungius United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959

Artist/Maker Philip R. Goodwin United States, 1881 - 1935

Date1911

MediumOil on Bone

Dimensions17 3/4 × 9 3/4 × 3 in. (45.1 × 24.8 × 7.6 cm)

Credit LineJKM Collection, National Museum of Wildlife Art

Object numberM1990.004

ClassificationsPainting

Keyword

BONE

Subject

Region

Categorywildlife

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DescriptionA pair of bison scapulas (with M1990.006), one painted by Carl Rungius and one painted by Philip R. Goodwin. One small bison with a light brown body painted on a bison bone (scapula). The bison is painted on the wide section of the bone to the left and faces left.Curatorial Remarks

Part of a pair, painted with Philip R. Goodwin, see M1990.006, presumably when Goodwin accompanied Rungius to Banff in 1911.