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Southern Plains Indian Museum (A.2022.01.02)
This diorama depicts Cheyennes preparing to move camp. It was commissioned by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Indian Arts and Crafts Board in 1949. 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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  • Title: Moving Camp
  • 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 41 1/2"W x 36"D
  • Subject Keywords: Southern Plains Indian Museum, Oklahoma, Chiricahua Apache, Fort Sill Apache
  • Type: Diorama
  • External Link: Southern Plains Indian Museum, Indian Arts and Crafts Board
  • Medium: Mixed Media
Indian Arts and Crafts Board (IACB), U.S. Department of the Interior

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