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A Successful Raid
Allan Houser1950
Indian Arts and Crafts Board (IACB), U.S. Department of the Interior
Washington, United States
Southern Plains Indian Museum (A.2022.01.01)
This mural depicts Arapaho warriors stealing horses from Ute warriors.
The mural was painted by Allan Houser specifically for the Southern Plains Indian Museum. It was commissioned in 1949. It is located behind the reception desk, facing the entrance vestibule for visitors to see when they enter the museum. Houser was commissioned by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board to touch up the mural in 1969. In 2013 the National Park Service did conservation work on mural in preparation for the 100th anniversary of Houser's birth.
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Details
- Title: A Successful Raid
- Creator: Allan Houser (Chiricahua Apache)
- Creator Lifespan: 1914/1994
- Creator Death Place: Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States
- Creator Birth Place: Apache, Oklahoma, United States
- Date Created: 1950
- Physical Location: Anadarko, Oklahoma, United States
- Location Created: Anadarko, Oklahoma, United States
- Physical Dimensions: 70 X 123 IN
- Subject Keywords: Southern Plains Indian Museum, Oklahoma, Chiricahua Apache, Fort Sill Apache
- Type: Mural
- External Link: Southern Plains Indian Museum, Indian Arts and Crafts Board
- Medium: Oil paint on plaster
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