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:
Kiowa Dude Paying His Respects to a Young Kiowa Belle from Sketchbook
Maker:
Silver Horn, Native American, Kiowa, 1860-1940
Year:
ca. 1887
Accession number:
1962.1.16
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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:
A Hunter - The White Objects are Boulders from Sketchbook
Maker:
Silver Horn, Native American, Kiowa, 1860-1940
Year:
ca. 1887
Accession number:
1962.1.18
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Title:
Kiowa Boys Playing at Getting Up a War Party After the Manner of the Older Men from Sketchbook
Maker:
Silver Horn, Native American, Kiowa, 1860-1940
Year:
ca. 1887
Accession number:
1962.1.19
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Title:
Kiowa Kills a Navajo from Sketchbook
Maker:
Silver Horn, Native American, Kiowa, 1860-1940
Year:
ca. 1887
Accession number:
1962.1.20
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Title:
Making Love Indian Fashion from Sketchbook
Maker:
Silver Horn, Native American, Kiowa, 1860-1940
Year:
ca. 1887
Accession number:
1962.1.21
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Title:
Great Medicine Man who Controls the Thunder and Lightning, Experiments a Little from Sketchbook
Maker:
Silver Horn, Native American, Kiowa, 1860-1940
Year:
ca. 1887
Accession number:
1962.1.22
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Title:
Kiowa Lancing an Osage from Sketchbook
Maker:
Silver Horn, Native American, Kiowa, 1860-1940
Year:
ca. 1887
Accession number:
1962.1.23
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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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Title:
Preparing for a War Expedition - Calling for Volunteers from Sketchbook
Maker:
Silver Horn, Native American, Kiowa, 1860-1940
Year:
ca. 1887
Accession number:
1962.1.1
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