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Plains Motif
Plains Motif
Plains Motif

Plains Motif

Artist (born Waverly, Missouri, 1919; died Santa Barbara, California, 2015)
Date1995
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsSight: 47 5/8 × 43 1/2 in. (121 × 110.5 cm)
Image Overall: 48 × 44 in. (121.9 × 111.8 cm)
Frame: 59 1/4 × 55 × 4 in. (150.5 × 139.7 × 10.2 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineTacoma Art Museum, Haub Family Collection, Gift of Erivan and Helga Haub
Object number2017.14.40
DescriptionStylized image of a Native American man holding a feathered spear and a shield and standing in front of a teepee painted with a design of a running deer. The man is turned 3/4 profile to his left.
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