DepartmentUnited States & Canada

Paper cut

NamePaper cut

CultureSantee Sioux

Dateca.1937, Donor

Place madeSouth Dakota, United States, North America

Mediumpaper

Dimensions10 9/16 x 8 3/8 in. (26.8 x 21.2 cm)

Credit LineMuesum of International Folk Art, gift of Helen M. Cahusac, A.1990.9.64

Object numberA.1990.9.64

Collections

United States and Canada

DescriptionHand-cut from purple construction paper. Mounted on blk. construction paper. Basic tree shape is upside-down heart. Outside of tree has 12 tulips around it. W/pediment at top. Inside of tree has scallops, and another pediment in middle overstem. Collected by Mable Morrow during 1937 when she was teaching the Santee Sioux.