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Nature's Cattle

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Leather album page with a photograph of a bronze family of buffalo. Remarks for the photograph include, "This is a family of a large herd trailing to water. They are called here 'Nature's Cattle' because they meant to the Indian what beef cattle mean to us."

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Title(s): 
Nature's Cattle
Creator(s): 
Charles Marion Russell (Artist)
George D. Sack (Author)
Culture: 
American
Date: 
1912
Materials/Techniques: 
gelatin silver process
Classification: 
Object Type: 
Credit Line: 
Gilcrease Museum/The University of Tulsa
Accession No: 
TU2009.39.8387.11
Previous Number(s): 
E.401; 45772; E.401 (Colorado Springs number)
Department: 
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