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Artist: Allan Capron Houser Or Haozous

Date: 1950

Museum: Indian Arts and Crafts Board (Iacb)

Technique: Mixed Media

Southern Plains Indian Museum (A.2022.01.05)Diorama depicts a Cheyenne vision quest. It was commissioned by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Indian Arts and Crafts Board in 1950. Figures are modeled out of beeswax and handpainted. Diorama landscaping is real sand and real native sandstone rocks, which Houser cut ridges in to make appear old and weathered.