LR: J.H.SHARP.
On backing board in Sharp's hand: BLACKFEET LOGES-GLACIER PARK, MONTANA. / (AT A WATER HOLE) / PREPARING FOR A MEDICINE SWEAT / Carry hot stones in the little teepee, / then go inside, strip, & pour water on / the stones for sweat bath. / All plains Indians do it. J.H. Sharp. Painted in the / Early 1900s
The artist; [?]; [Jane Hiatt, La Fonda Art Gallery, Taos, New Mexico]; H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1956; present owner: Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation, Orange, Texas, by bequest, 1965; accession to Stark Museum of Art, 1965