DepartmentUnited States & Canada

Paper cut

NamePaper cut

CultureSantee Sioux

Dateca.1937

Place madeSouth Dakota, United States, North America

Mediumpaper

Dimensions4 5/16 x 3 5/8 in. (10.9 x 9.2 cm)

Credit LineMuesum of International Folk Art, gift of Helen M. Cahusac, A.1990.9.19

Object numberA.1990.9.19

Collections

United States and Canada

DescriptionHand-cut from paper w/ penciled writing on both sides. Bird is on central stem, which has 5 round blooms. The leaves are dissimilar; one drooping heart-shaped blossom. Other curves up, has 3 petalled flower. Collected by Mable Morrow during1932 when she was teaching the Santee Sioux.