Buffalo dancer / Crumbo. – Vintage Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic print captures Buffalo dancer / Crumbo. in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Buffalo dancer / Crumbo.
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This color silkscreen shows a Buffalo dancer, a figure from ceremonial dance traditions in which performers wore bison-related regalia and moved to drumming and song. The print is catalogued under the name Crumbo, most likely Woody Crumbo, a Potawatomi artist from Oklahoma who made paintings and prints of dancers and everyday life in Native communities. Its date of about 1952 places it in a period when screen printing was becoming a practical way for artists to reach wider audiences. The record also notes a U.S. Copyright Office deposit, which shows the design was registered as an original work. Attention to the costume, with its layered clothing and headdress, makes the piece a useful record of dress as well as dance.
| Created / published | c1952. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : silkscreen, color. |
| Genre | Screen prints Color 1950-1960. |
| Notes | Gu20272 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 718. |
| Subjects | Indians of North America--Dance. Indians of North America--Clothing & dress. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,143 × 1,466 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-216565 |
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