Sacrificial Meal
Date:
1947
Medium:
Watercolor, pen and ink on paper
Dimensions:
12 1/4 × 19 3/4 inches (31.12 × 50.17 cm)
Credit Line:
Bequest of John S. Newberry
Object number:
65.174
Roughly 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.
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