Eagle Dancer / Spencer Asah

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Art Item Information

©Gilcrease Museum

Title(s):

Eagle Dancer

Creator(s):

Spencer Asah (Artist)

Willie B Pond Collection (Collection)

Culture:

Native American; Kiowa

Materials/Techniques:

graphite on paper

Paper/Support:

Portrait; single-sided Primary: 0.128mm Secondary: 0.235mm Tertiary: 0.095mm Cream colored, tracing paper. Even distribution of fibers in transmitted light. Secondary substrate is brown colored and poor quality. Tertiary substrate is grey colored and hot-pressed with three hole punch on the PR side.

Classification:

Object Type:

Accession No:

13.1264

Previous Number(s):

1327.1264; 22958

Department:

Not On View

Dimensions

Overall:

Height: 11 7/64in. (28.2cm)
Width: 8 21/32in. (22.0cm)

About the Creator(s)

From Gilcrease Museum:

Creator:

Role(s):

Artist

From Getty's Union List of Artist Names:

Names (all):

Asah, Spencer

Birth Date:

1905

Death Date:

1954

Nationalities:

Native American

Roles:

Native American painter, 1905-1954

Gender:

male

From Gilcrease Museum:

Creator:

Willie B Pond Collection

Role(s):

Collection

Marks and Inscriptions

Marks: Newspaper clippings pasted to verso

Inscriptions: Notes in the artist's hand

Signed: Signed by hand in blue pencil, "ASAH" on support in lower right on recto

Tags and Search Terms

Tags:

bustle, ceremonies, dancers, Eagle, Eagle Dance, Feathers, gray (color), grey (colour), Indigenous paintings included in the Henry Luce Foundation 2020-2022 project, Items included in the Henry Luce Foundation 2020-2022 project, Kiowa Five, Kiowa Six, loincloths, mocassins, moccasins, rear, whistles, wings

Cite this Page

Asah, Spencer. Eagle Dancer. 13.1264. Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/131264 (12/03/2018).

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