Sacrificial Meal

Date1947

Object PlaceSt. Louis, Missouri, United States, North America

MediumWatercolor, pen and ink on paper

Dimensions12 1/4 × 19 3/4 inches (31.12 × 50.17 cm)

ClassificationsDrawings

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.

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