Hide Painting / Calendar Or Winter Count

There are restrictions for re-using this image. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's Terms of Use page .

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more.

View manifest View in Mirador Viewer

Object Details

Collector

Dr. Thomas H. Henley

Mrs. B G. Henley

Donor Name

Lisa Henley

Notes

Kiowa calendar painting on animal hide. Painted ca. 1965 by Charles Rowell, a Kiowa artist, based on a calendar/winter count from the 1890s by Anko. That original painting was catalog number E178367, published in James Mooney's 1898 BAE report "Calendar History of the Kiowa" (original Anko painting missing from the museum collections).

Record Last Modified

15 Feb 2023

Specimen Count

Culture

Kiowa

Accession Date

3 Dec 2014

Collection Date

between 1968 and 1972

Accession Number

2071188

USNM Number

E433617-0

Object Type

Hide Painting

Maximum Length

108 cm

Maximum Width

86 cm

Place

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, North America

See more items in

Anthropology

Data Source

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

Topic

Ethnology

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3739e9f48-5f1d-41ea-a81b-a21b2049408b

Record ID

nmnhanthropology_11546000