Silver Horn (b.1860, d.1940)
Date of birth
1860
Date of death
1940
Place of birth
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Native American, Kiowa, 1860-1940
Native American, Kiowa, 1860-1940
Biography
Born the son of a Kiowa chief in Southwestern Oklahoma, Silver Horn was a gifted draftsman whose drawings documented the tumultuous changes that occurred to the Kiowa tribe in the late 1800s and early 1900s. His drawings also served to preserve something of the Kiowa heritage, carrying on the tradition of chronicling events on buffalo hide, but using cheap ledger book paper instead. His drawings illustrate buffalo hunts, the Kiowa’s struggles with the U.S. Cavalry, religious rites, and intertribal warfare.
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Silver Horn (b.1860, d.1940)
Works by this artist
Title:
Osage and Kiowa in Deadly Conflict from Sketchbook
Maker:
Silver Horn, Native American, Kiowa, 1860-1940
Year:
ca. 1887
Accession number:
1962.1.17
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Title:
Young Brave and Woman from Sketchbook
Maker:
Silver Horn, Native American, Kiowa, 1860-1940
Year:
ca. 1887
Accession number:
1962.1.32
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Title:
Kiowas Going on the War Path from Sketchbook
Maker:
Silver Horn, Native American, Kiowa, 1860-1940
Year:
ca. 1887
Accession number:
1962.1.31
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Title:
Kiowa Lancing a Pawnee from Sketchbook
Maker:
Silver Horn, Native American, Kiowa, 1860-1940
Year:
ca. 1887
Accession number:
1962.1.30
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Title:
Boys Hunting Birds Nests from Sketchbook
Maker:
Silver Horn, Native American, Kiowa, 1860-1940
Year:
ca. 1887
Accession number:
1962.1.29
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Title:
Indians Chasing Turkeys on Horseback - In this method of killing turkeys they are very successful from Sketchbook
Maker:
Silver Horn, Native American, Kiowa, 1860-1940
Year:
ca. 1887
Accession number:
1962.1.28
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Title:
Wounded Buffalo Turns and Gores the Horse Not an Unusual Occurrence in Hunting the Buffalo from Sketchbook
Maker:
Silver Horn, Native American, Kiowa, 1860-1940
Year:
ca. 1887
Accession number:
1962.1.27
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Title:
Kiowa and Ute from Sketchbook
Maker:
Silver Horn, Native American, Kiowa, 1860-1940
Year:
ca. 1887
Accession number:
1962.1.26
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Title:
Kiowa Chasing a Navajo from Sketchbook
Maker:
Silver Horn, Native American, Kiowa, 1860-1940
Year:
ca. 1887
Accession number:
1962.1.25
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Title:
Kiowa Chief Little Robe Lancing a Navajo from Sketchbook
Maker:
Silver Horn, Native American, Kiowa, 1860-1940
Year:
ca. 1887
Accession number:
1962.1.24
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