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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- TRADITIONAL NATIVE BURIAL SCENE
- Materials
- ACRYLIC, WOOD
- Catalogue Number
- P19820005000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- TRADITIONAL NATIVE BURIAL SCENE
- Date
- 1981
- Materials
- ACRYLIC, WOOD
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Length
- 91.2
- Width
- 60.8
- Description
- DEPICTS TRADITIONAL STYLE OF PLAINS INDIGENOUS BURIAL ON SCAFFOLDS NEAR LAKE OR RIVER. SIGNED: "SWG" BR.
- Subjects
- INDIGENOUS
- ART
- Historical Association
- FINE ARTS
- History
- PAINTED BY CLARENCE (SMOKEY) WHITEGRASS FROM MEMORY AS CHILD ON RESERVE. HE REMEMBERED BURIALS "IN PINE TREES". ARTIST IS FROM PIIKANI RESERVE BROCKET IN SOUTHERN ALBERTA. *UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS. LIMITED BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION ON THE ARTIST, CLARENCE GEORGE WHITEGRASS, WAS FOUND ON CRESTLEAF.COM AND IN HIS WIFE KAROLA WHITEGRASS' OBITUARY PUBLISHED BY CHAR-KOOSTA NEWS ONLINE. CLARENCE WHITEGRASS WAS BORN ON APRIL 29, 1923. HE SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES MILITARY AND MARRIED KAROLA ARROW TOP KNOT IN 1947. THEY BRIEFLY LIVED IN CALIFORNIA AND WASHINGTON BEFORE SETTLING IN STARR SCHOOL, MONTANA TO RAISE THEIR FAMILY. CLARENCE WHITEGRASS DIED ON FEBRUARY 12, 2007 IN BROWNING, MONTANA. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR HARDCOPIES OF SOURCE MATERIAL.
- Catalogue Number
- P19820005000
- Acquisition Date
- 1982-01
- Collection
- Museum
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