DepartmentUnited States & Canada

Paper cut

NamePaper cut

CultureSantee Sioux

Dateca.1937

Place madeSouth Dakota, United States, North America

Mediumpaper

Dimensions6 9/16 x 9 5/16 in. (16.6 x 23.6 cm)

Credit LineMuesum of International Folk Art, gift of Helen M. Cahusac, A.1990.9.58

Object numberA.1990.9.58

Collections

United States and Canada

DescriptionHand-cut from blue lined paper. Center motif is long, Slender leaves. Middle two are enclosed by heart. 2 upper blooms have 5 petals. 2 three petalled (clover-like) are at bottom. Collected by Mable Morrow during 1937 when she was teaching the Santee Sioux.