- Artist:
- Hill, Joan
- Title:
- Cherokee woman warrior
- Date Created:
- 1969
- Description:
- A round painting of a woman wearing only a breechclout and moccasins. She is riding a rearing white horse while she holds a staff, or perhaps a lance, with a flag on it. She and the horse are facing right. In the background, there is a moon, hills, a river and trees. In the foreground, to the right of the horse, there are three flags.
- Subjects:
- Creek (culture or style) Cherokee (culture or style)
- Source:
- Zarrow Collection, Oklahoma State University Archives
- Source Identifier:
- jmz.52
- Size:
- framed: 21 x 21 in.
- Frame:
- Wood (plant material)
- Media:
- Tempera
- Signature:
- Joan Hill (CheaSeQuah) '69
- Condition:
- undamaged; acidic mats; cardboard backing
- Provenance:
- Purchased by Jack and Maxine Zarrow from the Indian Paintbrush Gallery, Siloam Springs, AR, December 1980. Taped to the dust cover, from the artist Joan Hill: "'Cherokee Woman Warrior' Ethnology records show several instances, in which the Indian woman joined her men, when many of the warriors had been slain in battle. They shed their own clothing, put on a loincloth and other accoutrements of the warrior and carried the lance into battle. One such incident and place is recorded in Cherokee and U.S. history as 'War Women's Creek' where several women were found among the dead warriors at battles end."
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Cherokee woman warrior", The Maxine & Jack Zarrow Collection, Oklahoma State University Archives
- Reference Link:
- https://zarrow.library.okstate.edu/_site/items/jmz.52.html
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