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Oh, Mother What is It'

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Leather album page with a photograph of bronze mother bear with her cubs staying away from a porcupine. The remarks about the photograph include, "Mother bear teaching her cubs to beware of the porcupine as his needles are poisonous and very hard to pull out."

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Title(s): 
'Oh, Mother What is It'
Creator(s): 
George D. Sack (Author)
Charles Marion Russell (Artist)
Culture: 
American
Date: 
1914
Materials/Techniques: 
gelatin silver process
Classification: 
Object Type: 
Credit Line: 
Gilcrease Museum/The University of Tulsa
Accession No: 
TU2009.39.8387.16
Previous Number(s): 
E.406; 45766; E.406 (Colorado Springs number)
Department: 
Not On View

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