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The Mystery Tree
The Mystery Tree
The Mystery Tree

The Mystery Tree

Artist (born Needham, Massachusetts, 1882; died Chadd's Ford, Pennsylvania, 1945)
Date1908
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsSight: 35 3/4 × 25 3/4 in. (90.8 × 65.4 cm)
Image Overall: 36 × 26 in. (91.4 × 66 cm)
Frame: 42 1/2 × 32 1/2 × 2 1/4 in. (108 × 82.6 × 5.7 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineTacoma Art Museum, Haub Family Collection, Gift of Erivan and Helga Haub
Object number2017.14.50
DescriptionA red-lit (firelit?) image of a group of Native American men on horseback wearing large feather headdresses circling a tree. They are holding onto straps/ropes attached to the tree.
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