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158:. His Kiowa name, Haungooah, refers to sunlight reflecting off a buffalo horn, making it gleam like a polished, white metal. He was a well-known artist from the early reservation period who was one of the most respected and talented Plains Indian artists in his time. Haungooah Silverhorn married Hattie Tau-Goom (Bending Knee Woman) together they had 8 children born to their union. The oldest son name was Billie Bow "James" Silverhorn who was a well known Peyote Man. There was May Haungooah, George "Dutch" Silverhorn, Max Silverhorn Sr, Iva Haungooah, Arthur Silverhorn, Sarah Louise Haungooah, Chester Silverhorn. 200:. Many tribes of the Plains area used pictorial art to maintain a calendar as means of recording happenings as well as to illustrate stories. Silver Horn developed a complex calendar system with events recorded for summer and winter of each year and most calendars had very simple pictures that helped calendar keepers remember the name of each year. His drawings of warfare depicted events of the past as well as more recent conflicts, while his images of ceremonies included rituals that were beginning at that time. He also created illustrations of myths and other oral traditions such as supernatural figures. 317: 47: 178: 209: 129: 188:
He was mostly known for his skills in working with different mediums and materials such as graphite, colored pencil, crayon, pen and ink, and water color on hide, muslin and paper. He produced over a thousand illustrations and works of art between 1870 and 1920. He developed and created very keen
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maker. Another grandson, Art "Haungooah" Cody, married into the Santa Clara pueblo in New Mexico and became an award-winning potter. Art's son, Dean Haungooah continues in that tradition.
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The depictions that Silver Horn would render were visionary images that were represented in abstract form on shields and events of the years past as a record in the
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Silver Horn's works are still shown regularly and an extensive collection of them is held in the permanent collection of the
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Silver Horn was born circa 1861 to Agiati (Gathering Feathers) and Sa-Poodle (Traveling in the Rain) and was a member of the
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visuals of Kiowa culture, from traditional images, warfare, and coup counting to depictions of the sun dance, early
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Mac Silverhorn (Comanche), grandson of Silver Horn, drumming with friend at Redstone Baptist Church
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are known for their beadwork and jewelry designs. Silver Horn taught his great-nephew,
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Department of Anthropology National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
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Oklahoma Historical Society's Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture.
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Silver Horn's father was Agiati or "Gathering Feathers," who was a
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Transforming Images: The Art of Silver Horn and his Successors.
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Detail of ledger painting on muslin by Silver Horn, ca. 1880,
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how to paint on hides. Mopope went on to become one of the
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work, beadwork, and featherwork. His great-granddaughter,
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Index

Haungooah

E.A Burbank
Kansas
Stecker, Oklahoma
Kiowa

Kiowa
ledger artist
Oklahoma
Kiowa
Oklahoma
calendar keeper
Dohasan

Oklahoma History Center
Peyote religion
pictorial calendar

Museum of New Mexico
Jeri Ah-be-hill
Smithsonian Museum of Natural History
Teri Greeves
Keri Ataumbi
Stephen Mopope
Kiowa Six
German silver
Katherine Dickerson
moccasin
"Illuminating the legend of the Kiowa trickster"

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