Standing Bear (Mató Nájin), Battle of Little Bighorn

Mató Nájin/Standing Bear (Minneconjou Lakota/Teton Sioux), Battle of Little Bighorn, c. 1920, pencil, ink, and watercolor on muslin, 91.4 × 268 cm, made in Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota, United States (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Title Battle of Little Bighorn
Artist(s) Standing Bear (Mató Nájin)
Dates c. 1920
Places North America / United States
Period, Culture, Style Native North American (First Nations) / Native AmericanAllotment and Assimilation period / Plains Native American / Minneconjou Lakota / Oceti Sakowin Oyate (Sioux)
Artwork Type Drawing
Material Graphite, Ink, Watercolor paint, Cotton
Technique

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