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A work made of pigment and graphite on plain-weave cotton.

Sun Dance Scene

Lakota · c. 1885

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Palette

Putty
 86% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.2:1
Fawn
 5% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.9:1
Mushroom
 3% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.6:1
Sand
 3% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.9:1
Tan
 2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.5:1
Stone
 2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.8:1

Colours measured by this site from the museum image (k-means in CIELAB). Names are the nearest in our own list and describe how the colour looks, not the pigment. Text on each chip uses whichever of black or white contrasts more (WCAG ratio shown). How

Details

Artist
Lakota
Central Plains or Northern Plains, Wyoming
Date
c. 1885
Type
Painting
Medium
Pigment and graphite on plain-weave cotton
Size
91.5 × 232.5 cm (36 × 91 1/2 in.)
Place
Wyoming
Period
19th century
Themes
Music and dance
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 76, colourfulness 17

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of the Powell Family in memory of their parents Father Peter Powell and Virginia Raisch Powell. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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