Mike Larsen

(Chickasaw, b. 1945)

[Two Works] Studies for Quartz Mountain: Sacred Ground - The Past Warriors of the Great Plains AND Quartz Mountain: Sacred Ground - The Past Black Leggins Society

acrylic on canvas

each 39 1/4 x 29 1/2 inches

Property from a Private Collection

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These paintings were studies for two works in the Oklahoma Arts Institute's Quartz Mountain Art Collection Walking Tour.

The Past Warriors of the Great Plains

"At the center of this composition, Chief Satanta, or White Bear, leader of the Lone Wolf Clan, rides through the Quartz Mountain area with the Order of Ten Warriors. These renowned horsemen were comprised of Kiowa leaders from ten different clans, each of whom was responsible for carrying one of the ten sacred Kiowa medicine bundles."

The Past Black Leggings Society

"In this work, Larsen portrays four members of the Kiowa Black Leggings Society, a group of Kiowa individuals who are veterans of World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. The Kiowa elders who are the subject of this painting are members of the Palmer family of Carnegie, Oklahoma. Gus Palmer, Sr. revived this warrior society in 1957. Each year, the Black Leggings society visits the Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute to present the colors in a ceremony prior to student performances."

[Two Works] Studies for Quartz Mountain: Sacred Ground - The Past Warriors of the Great Plains AND Quartz Mountain: Sacred Ground - The Past Black Leggins Society

[Two Works] Studies for Quartz Mountain: Sacred Ground - The Past Warriors of the Great Plains AND Quartz Mountain: Sacred Ground - The Past Black Leggins Society