A page from a magazine with a black-and-white illustration of an Indigenous man, wearing a loincloth, attached ropes from piercings through his nipples.

The Ordeal in the Sun Dance Among the Blackfeet Indians

Frederic Remington (1861-1909)

Date

1890
Object Type

Prints
Medium

Wood engraving
Dimensions

Image: 13 5/8 x 8 11/16 in.
Sheet: 16 9/16 x 11 5/8 in.
Inscriptions

Recto:
l.l. in image: FREDERIC REMINGTON. \ Blackfoot Agency. July 12, 1890.
u.l.: 976
u.c.: HARPER'S WEEKLY.
u.r.: VOLUME XXXIV., NO. 1773
l.l. to l.r.: THE ORDEAL IN THE SUN DANCE AMONG THE BLACKFEET INDIANS.-DRAWN BY FREDERIC REMINGTON.-[SEE PAGE 975.]
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, Gift of Richmond G. Wight
Accession Number

1981.68.20
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

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