Sacrificial Meal
Date1947
Object PlaceSt. Louis, Missouri, United States, North America
MediumWatercolor, pen and ink on paper
ClassificationsDrawings
Dimensions12 1/4 × 19 3/4 inches (31.12 × 50.17 cm)
Credit LineBequest of John S. Newberry
Object number65.174
DescriptionRoughly sketched scene of three figures around a fire, lower center. A male figure sits on haunches, lower left, gnawing on rib. Behind him, another male figure holds rack of ribs over fire on spear. At right, a femle figure holds ribs over fire with spear in right hand, eats with left hand. Head of a large black animal on stake over fire. Image painted in reds, yellows and violets with black outlines.On View
Not on viewLocations
- Storage - Long-term Demo Museum (Hanover Square), Prints, Drawings, Photographs, Drawings, Box 4
1923
1923
October 22-27, 1998
