Defending the Sacred

Artist Shan Goshorn (North American Indian, Eastern Band Cherokee, Oklahoma, 1957 - 2018)

Date2017

MediumWood, Arches watercolor paper, archival inks, acrylic paint, glue, antler, brass hardware, and artificial sinew

DimensionsOverall: 16 1/8 × 18 3/8 × 5 7/8 inches (40.96 × 46.67 × 14.92 cm)

Credit LineGift of Loren G. Lipson, M.D.

Object number2017.37

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Not on view

Collections

North American Indian Art

Terms

DescriptionWooden (legal) briefcase covered in strips of paper woven together in a zigzag pattern, the Cherokee "water" pattern. The interior and extrior photographs are of the Oceti Sakowin camp, an eagle feather fan, and a Lakota prayer.Provenance

Provenance

Purchased from the artist by Dr. Loren G. Lipson, M.D., 2017.

His gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.

Published References

Torrence, Gaylord, ed. Continuum: North American Native Art at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Kansas City: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.

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