Scars of History 2, Chris Pappan

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Scars of History 2, Chris Pappan
Scars of History 2, Chris Pappan
Chris Pappan
Scars of History 2
2024
Chris Pappan, artist
Cultural affiliations: Osage, Kaw, Cheyenne River Lakota Sioux
born 1971
Scars of History 2, 2024
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: pencil; graphite; acrylic; ink; collage; copper; thread; embroidering; ledger paper
Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 70 x 42.4 cm
Frame Dimensions (Height x Width x Depth): 81.28 x 61.6 x 0 cm
Credit line: Museum purchase: Peter T. Bohan Art Acquisition Fund
Accession number: 2024.0138
On display: Marshall Balcony
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In’zhúje’waxóbe: Return of the Sacred Red Rock

This artwork features Quyulange (Eagle Plume), who was one of the Kaw Chiefs when the tribe experienced displacement as a result of the westward expansion of America in the mid-19th century. After being relocated to Oklahoma from Kansas in 1872, Kaw people lost access to their sacred stone. Nearly 60 years later, in 1929, citizens of Lawrence, Kansas, moved the rock and attached a plaque dedicated to the founding settlers in celebration of the town’s 75th anniversary. The metallic outline of the plaque along with the cranes that lifted and transported the stone via railway are depicted behind the mirrored figure.

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In’zhúje’waxóbe: Return of the Sacred Red Rock
Sydney Pursel, curator
2025–2026

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