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Native American watercolor

Object/Work	*Catalog Level:* item *Type:* watercolor	Controlled list Authority
Classification	*Terms:* paintings Native American art	Controlled list
Titles or Names	*Text:* Battle of Little Big Horn Preference: preferred Type: repository *Text:* Custer's Last Stand Preference: alternate	Free text Controlled list
Creation	*Creator Description:* Mato Wanartaka (Native American painter, ca. 1846-1904)	Free text
	*Identity:* Mato Wanartaka *Role:* painter	Authority Authority
	*Creation Date:* ca. 1898 *Earliest:* 1893 *Latest:* 1904	Free text Controlled format
Measurements	*Dimensions Description:* 88.9 x 177.8 cm (frame included) (2 feet 11 inches x 5 feet 10 inches)	Free text
	*Value:* 88.9 Unit: cm Type: height Value: 177.8 Unit: cm Type: width	Controlled format and controlled list
Materials and Techniques	*Description:* watercolor on muslin	Free text
	*Material Names:* watercolor Role: medium muslin Role: support	Authority
Subject Matter	*Indexing Terms:* history/legend Battle of Little Big Horn (Indian Wars) death war soldiers United States Army, 7th Calvary horses Native Americans Lakota Cheyenne	Authority
Descriptive Note	*Text:* Painted to commorate the battle at which Mato Warnataca had been present 20 years earlier.	Free text
Current Location	Repository Name/Geographic Location: Southwest Museum (Los Angeles, California, United States) *Repository Numbers:* unavailable	Authority

Revised 28 August 2006