Winter Horse Raiding Episode, c. 1910, Old Bull, Lakȟóta, born 1845, 35 x 29 in. ( x cm), Pigment on canvas, United States, 20th century, Plains artists used a variety of methods to record their activities, drawing or painting scenes as visual tools to tell their stories. In this drawing Old Bull depicts three episodes from a horse raiding expedition against the Apsaalooka (Crow). The story begins in the lower right corner, showing the artist and his comrades, in their cold-weather clothing of wool leggings and hooded coats, leading a group of horses away from an Apsaalooka village.

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