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Buffalo Hunt
Allan Houser1950
Indian Arts and Crafts Board (IACB), U.S. Department of the Interior
Washington, United States
Southern Plains Indian Museum (A.2022.01.04)
This diorama depicts a buffalo hunt by Comanches. It was commissioned by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Indian Arts and Crafts Board in 1950. Figures are modeled out of beeswax and handpainted. Diorama landscaping is real sand and real native sandstone rocks, which Houser cut ridges in to make appear old and weathered.
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Details
- Title: Buffalo Hunt
- 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
- Physical Dimensions: 46"H x 42"W x 36"D
- Subject Keywords: Chiricahua Apache, Fort Sill Apache, Southern Plains Indian Museum, Oklahoma
- Type: Diorama
- External Link: Southern Plains Indian Museum, Indian Arts and Crafts Board
- Medium: Mixed Media
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