DepartmentUnited States & Canada

Paper cut

Namecut paper work; cut-paper picture; scissor cutting

CultureSantee Sioux

Dateca.1937

Place madeSouth Dakota, United States, North America

Mediumpaper

Dimensions4 15/16 x 7 5/16 in. (12.5 x 18.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Helen M. Cahusac, A.1990.9.46

Object numberA.1990.9.46

Collections

United States and Canada

DescriptionHand-cut from blue-lined paper. Flowers look like lily of the valley. 5 flower stems. Middle, top stem has 5 flowerlets, the two bottom has 4, ones between have 3. Long narrow leaves. Collected by Mable Morrow during 1937 when she was teaching the Santee Sioux.