Crow Dancers at Crow Tribal Fair, Montana, Crow Reservation

Helen M. Post (1907-1979)

Date

1941
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Gelatin silver print
Dimensions

Image: 7 3/4 x 7 9/16 in.
Sheet: 8 7/16 x 7 7/8 in.
Inscriptions

Sheet Recto:
l.l. in graphite: 6 1/2 x 7 1/8 reverse
l.r. in graphite: 1
l.r. in ink: 119
Verso:
u.l. [stamp]: HELEN M. POST \ 142 LEXINGTON AVE. \ NEW YORK CITY
u.r. in graphite: Billings \ CROW \ Mask as marked \ Enlarge to: \ 8 1/8 \ 5 7/8 \ C
c. in graphite: Note design on pouch carried \ by first dancer is old and geometric \ while his gauntlets are of a more recent date. He is a student of \ anthropology and spends much time \ with his grandmother urging her to \ work the authentic early designs \ of their tribe for him.
l.l. in graphite: From La Farge book \ 6 1/2 x 7 [illeg.]
Collection Name

Helen M. Post Collection
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, Gift of Peter Modley
Accession Number

P1985.50.738
Copyright

© Amon Carter Museum of American Art

Location: Off view

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