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)

ClassificationsPainting

Credit LineJKM Collection, National Museum of Wildlife Art

Terms

Object numberM1990.004

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.

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