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Medicine Man, Thomas Henry

Helen M. Post (1907-1979)

Object Details

  • Date

    ca. 1936-1942

  • Object Type

    Photographs

  • Medium

    Gelatin silver print

  • Dimensions

    8 7/8 x 7 1/2 in.

  • Inscriptions

    Verso:

    u.l. in graphite: Sioux

    u.l. in red pencil: 49

    u.c. in graphite: Medicine Man - Thomas Henry \ regular story teller at Kyle Day School \ was \ until his death in about '43

    u.r. in green pencil: 17

    c. in graphite: The tribal literature is rich with \ Fanciful tales as well as historical \ accounts which have been preserved \ by the recitations of such men \ as these. (This has ^ actually been one of \ the regular tribal jobs)

    l.c. upsidedown in graphite: 17

  • Collection Name

    Helen M. Post Collection

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, Gift of Peter Modley

  • Accession Number

    P1985.50.245

  • Copyright

    © Amon Carter Museum of American Art

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