Jeff Wolf is a Western bronze sculptor who copies Bob Scriver. The big depiction of Indians on horses driving buffalo into a circle so they can be killed with arrows was originally an idea of Charlie Russell's. It was based on the idea that the buffalo were about to separate and evade the hunters. Bob Scriver did a piece called "Real Meat" in which the circle just kept going around.
It always struck me as an unlikely way to kill buffalo for meat. The animals will stand and graze, not realizing there is danger even if other buffalo near them fall. It's not as though arrows make noise. The hunters told about disguising themselves in coyote or wolf hides and creeping up slowly. Also, they would be silly to shoot down bulls, since the point is to get edible meat, not tough muscle.
When Ruth Beebe Hill was hanging around and asking Bob for technical information, she asked him exactly which ribs the hunters would shoot between, since someone had pointed out that hitting a rib would deflect the arrow. Bob scoffed that in such a situation a rider would be lucky to stay on his horse and alongside the buff. Actually, the thing to do was fire behind the ribs into the suppotsies (guts) far enough to make it bleed to death. The women came along behind to process the carcasses, working in teams.
Ruth Beebe Hill never asked about women's things, like how does one cook buffalo or even how does one dry meat. There are careful considerations to these things.
Anyway, I'll let you google Jeff Wolf and you can judge for yourself.
Thursday, August 01, 2019
Thursday, May 23, 2019
SCRIVER BRONZES ON DISPLAY IN FORT BENTON
This link is to a series of photos of sculptures depicting Blackft in Fort Benton at the gallery attached to the recreated fort. The season of tourists visiting is just beginning. https://nativeamericannetroots.net/diary/1543
These sculptures are in the care of the Montana Historical Society. There are more of this set, so they are rotated occasionally. They are the pieces that were in Edmonton for years.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
Posts
