Murder of One

Artist Margaret Roach Wheeler (Chickasaw/Choctaw, born 1943)

Place of OriginUnited States, Joplin, Missouri

Date1993 and 2019

DimensionsH x W x D, Assembled: 72 × 24 × 12 in. (182.9 × 61 × 30.5 cm)
Crow Headdress, L x W x H: 27 3/4 × 19 1/2 × 6 1/4 in. (70.5 × 49.5 × 15.9 cm)
Mannequin includes length of waist wrap, H x W x D: 48 × 19 1/2 × 11 in. (121.9 × 49.5 × 27.9 cm)
Textile Wrap includes fringe, L x W x D: 65 × 63 × 1/8 in. (165.1 × 160 × 0.3 cm)
Right Arm, Width accounts for placement of hand, L x W x D: 26 1/2 × 4 1/2 × 2 1/2 in. (67.3 × 11.4 × 6.4 cm)
Left Arm, Width accounts for placement of hand, L x W x D: 26 × 3 × 2 1/2 in. (66 × 7.6 × 6.4 cm)
Wooden Leg #1, L x Dia. : 35 1/4 × 2 1/2 in. (89.5 × 6.4 cm)
Wooden Leg #2, L x Dia. : 35 × 2 1/8 in. (88.9 × 5.4 cm)
Wooden Leg #3, L x Dia.: 35 × 1 1/2 in. (88.9 × 3.8 cm)
Wooden Leg #4, L x Dia. : 34 × 3 3/4 in. (86.4 × 9.5 cm)
Wooden Leg #5, L x Dia. : 35 × 1 7/8 in. (88.9 × 4.8 cm)

MediumSilk wool, commercial dyes, ultra-suede, glass beads, silver, onyx, wood

ClassificationTextiles and Fiber

Credit LineMr. and Mrs. Robert J. Barber Art Fund

Object number

2025.38

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