Print - Framed Silkscreen "Medicine Dance" by Tsa-To-Ke, CSIB-21

Monroe Tsatoke (1904-1937) (Tsa-To-Ke) was a Kiowa artist who was a member of the Kiowa Six, a painting group made up of of fellow students that evolved from friends who painted together at the Saint Patrick’s Indian Mission School in Anadarko. They later moved the Norman to attend the University of Oklahoma. He was born near Saddle Mountain, Oklahoma. His father was a Kiowa scout and his grandmother was a European-American captive. Tea-To-Ke was diagnosed with tuberculosis which led him to join the Native American Church. He is credited with creating stylized representations of symbols associated with the Church, such as the water, birds, and feathers. His silk screen, Medicine Dance measures 9” x 12” and framed 15” x 17.5”