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Smoking with the Spirit of the Buffalo
Smoking with the Spirit of the Buffalo
Smoking with the Spirit of the Buffalo

Smoking with the Spirit of the Buffalo

Artist (born St. Louis, Missouri, 1864; died Great Falls, Montana, 1926)
Date1914
MediumBronze
DimensionsOverall: 4 1/2 × 8 × 5 1/2 in. (11.4 × 20.3 × 14 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineTacoma Art Museum, Haub Family Collection, Gift of Erivan and Helga Haub
Object number2019.26.36
DescriptionSculpture of a Native American man kneeling on the ground smoking a long pipe supported on a log or branch(?). A buffalo skull sits on the ground across from him.
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