Comanche Shield Dance / George Smith Watchetaker

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George Smith Watchetaker

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Art Item Information

©Gilcrease Museum

Title(s):

Comanche Shield Dance

Creator(s):

George Smith Watchetaker (Artist)

Culture:

Native American; Comanche

Materials/Techniques:

tempera on mat board

Paper/Support:

Landscape; single-sided 1.374-1.384mm orange colored top substrate, layered mat board

Classification:

Paintings

Object Type:

Tempera Painting

Credit Line:

Gift of Maxine and Jack Zarrow

Accession No:

02.2081

Previous Number(s):

TL2014.1.34

Department:

Art

Not On View

Dimensions

Overall (Sheet):

Height: 19 31/64in. (49.5cm)
Width: 23 17/64in. (59.1cm)

Image:

Height: 19in. (48.3cm)
Width: 22in. (55.9cm)

Sheet:

Height: 19 31/64in. (49.5cm)
Width: 23 17/64in. (59.1cm)

About the Creator(s)

From Gilcrease Museum:

Creator:

George Smith Watchetaker

Role(s):

Artist

Inscriptions: Inscribed by hand in ink, "Property Mr. & Mrs. Jack Zarrow Comanche Shield Dance George "Woogie" Wachetaker" in upper left on verso; Inscribed by hand in ink, "Okla Indian Art Gallery 1/1981" in upper center on verso

Signed: Signed by hand in tempera, "Watchetaker" in lower right on recto

Cite this Page

Watchetaker, George. Comanche Shield Dance. 02.2081. Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/022081 (06/03/2019).

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