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Going to Call the Buffalo
Going to Call the Buffalo
Going to Call the Buffalo

Going to Call the Buffalo

Artist (born Salt Lake City, Utah, 1952)
Date1984
MediumOil on Masonite
DimensionsImage Overall: 30 × 48 in. (76.2 × 121.9 cm)
Frame: 41 1/4 × 58 3/4 in. (104.8 × 149.2 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineTacoma Art Museum, Haub Family Collection, Gift of Erivan and Helga Haub
Object number2019.26.20
DescriptionA Native American man with spear, shield and buffalo/bison headdress emerges from a teepee at right. Standing watching him are a dog, a child, and a woman holding a baby. In the background are other teepees and other figures.
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