Artwork Details 

Title: Osage Scalp Dance
Dated: 1845
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 40 3/4 x 60 1/2 in. (103.5 x 153.6 cm)
Location: Smithsonian American Art Museum
City, State: Washington, D.C.
Notes:
Melodramatic tales of scalping were popular in Europe and the United States throughout the nineteenth century. Read more