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Buffalo Hunt by Woodrow Wilson Crumbo
Photo CreditCarol M. Highsmith Photography
Photo CaptionPotawatomie Life (detail) - buffalo hunt
Buffalo Hunt
Photo CreditCarol M. Highsmith Photography
Photo CaptionPotawatomie Life (detail) - buffalo hunt

Buffalo Hunt

Artist
Year1940
Classification painting
Medium oil on plaster
Dimensions5 ft. x 11 ft. (152.4 x 335.3 cm)
Credits Commissioned through the Section of Fine Arts 1934 -1943
Fine Arts Collection
U.S. General Services Administration
YouTube Video(s) YouTube Video Link

  • This is from a series of murals featuring scenes of Potawatomie life. Buffalo Hunt depicts two Native Americans chasing a galloping buffalo; one on horseback shoots bow and arrow and the other is knifing a buffalo, while clinging to it.