DepartmentUnited States & Canada

Paper cut

NamePaper cut

CultureSantee Sioux

Dateca.1937

Place madeSouth Dakota, United States, North America

Mediumpaper

Dimensions5 1/8 x 5 1/2 in. (13 x 14 cm)

Credit LineMuesum of International Folk Art, gift of Helen M. Cahusac, A.1990.9.8

Object numberA.1990.9.8

Collections

United States and Canada

DescriptionHand-cut from off-white paper. Delicate design in roughly triangular shape: branches, leaves, flowers, 4-leaf clovers, cherries; a heart in the center w/ 4 birds. Collected by mable Morrow during 1937 when she was teaching the Santee Sioux.