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Weapons of the Weak

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Leather album page with a photograph of a bronze grizzly bear and a porcupine. The remarks of the photograph include, "The grizzly is the most powerful animal of the West; therefore, this bronze is most interesting in that it shows the mighty grizzly stepping one side for the slow, weak and unassuming porcupine."

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Title(s): 
Weapons of the Weak
Creator(s): 
Charles Marion Russell (Artist)
George D. Sack (Author)
Charles Marion Russell (Artist)
Culture: 
American
Date: 
1921
Materials/Techniques: 
gelatin silver process
Classification: 
Object Type: 
Credit Line: 
Gilcrease Museum/The University of Tulsa
Accession No: 
TU2009.39.8387.23
Previous Number(s): 
E.413; 45758; E.413 (Colorado Springs number)
Department: 
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