Talking Robe by western artist Howard Terpning

Talking Robe by Howard Terpning.

 

"A prairie warrior who had proven his bravery in battle might record his exploits in pictographs and symbols that he painted on the flesh side of a buffalo robe. This Blackfoot hero had no need at all to speak aloud or boast of his honors won in war. His robe spoke for him...and eloquently so." (Spirit of the Plains People - Don Hedgpeth).

 

Print released 1995.