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Joseph H. Sharp, The Stoic, 1914, oil on canvas, 52 ½ x 61 ½ in. Collection of the New Mexico M…
The Stoic
Joseph H. Sharp, The Stoic, 1914, oil on canvas, 52 ½ x 61 ½ in. Collection of the New Mexico M…
Joseph H. Sharp, The Stoic, 1914, oil on canvas, 52 ½ x 61 ½ in. Collection of the New Mexico Museum of Art. Gift of Joseph H. Sharp, 1917 (395.23P). Photo by Addison Doty.

The Stoic

Artist (American, 1859 - 1953)
Date1914
Mediumoil on canvas
DimensionsImage: 52 1/2 × 61 1/2 in. (133.4 × 156.2 cm)
Frame: 62 5/16 × 72 1/2 × 4 3/4 in. (158.3 × 184.2 × 12.1 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineGift of Joseph Henry Sharp, 1917
Object number395.23P
DescriptionA Sioux performing a rite of self-sacrifice in the Sun Dance; the figure is laboriously walking with the aid of a walking stick; the skin on the figure's back is pierced and attached to four horse heads being drug on the ground.
eMuseum Notes
"In a supreme grief, like the death of a favorite warrior son, the Indian would cut the muscles of the back, tie the buffalo thongs to them-with several favorite pony heads as the other end, and drag around the hill side from sunrise to sunset, or until the thongs pulled loose-to prove he was a brave man and had the courage and fortitude to face any trouble". - J.H. Sharp
A Sioux performing a rite of self-sacrifice in the Sun Dance; the figure is laboriously walking with the aid of a walking stick; the skin on the figure's back is pierced and attached to four horse heads being drug on the ground.
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  • ceremonies
  • landscapes (environments)
  • men
  • walking sticks
  • Sioux
  • feather
  • rope
  • trees
  • mountains
  • clouds
  • loincloths

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