Museum Collections
Luce Center
Powder Horn: The Sitting Bull (I-1), with Printed Vignette Portraits of Chief Black Hawk, Chief Joseph, Sitting Bull, and Chief Arkikita Surrounded by Native Implements
Object Number:
1907.36.385
Date:
1891
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, collage, brown ink and wash, graphite, and gold and copper metallic pigment, with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 15/16 x 15 1/16 in. ( 30.3 x 38.3 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom center: Rufus A. Grider Canajoharie N.Y./ 1891
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower center below horn in brown ink: "Rufus A. Grider Canajoharie N.Y. / 1891"; inscribed at middle right: "The / SITTING / BULL / Powder Horn...", followed by a brief history of the horn
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.




