National Anthropological Archives

Guide to the Frederick Gokliz drawings

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS270077
Creators:
Gokliz, Frederick, -1901
Dates:
undated
Languages:
No linguistic content; Not applicable
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Physical Description:
2 Drawings (visual works)
colored pencil and ink, laminated
22.75 x 41.25 inches
Repository:
Container:
270077

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
The collection consists of two (2) drawings on one sheet of paper by Frederick Gokliz. The paper has been laminated.
One drawing depicts a Giha or Mountain Spirit dance and the other drawing depicts a battle scene. The sheet is labelled "49" and signed by the artist: Frederick Gokliz.
Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or National Anthropological Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.

Biographical Note

Biographical Note
Frederick Gokliz was a White Mountain Apache, residing during the early 1880s on the San Carlos Reservation in Arizona with his wife, a daughter of Cochise. In 1886 Gokliz was imprisoned with the Chiricahua Apaches at Fort Marion in San Augustine, Florida, and remained with the Chiricahua prisoners for the rest of his life. From 1888 to 1894 Gokliz was at Mount Vernon, Alabama. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1891, moving to Fort Sill, Oklahoma in 1894.

Administration

Custodial History
The drawing is part of a large collection of ethnographic material, principally from the southern plains, amassed by Captain Allyn K. Capron and his wife Lillian Capron while they were stationed at Fort Sill, Oklahoma Territory (Oklahoma). The United States National Museum purchased the collection from Mrs. Capron for $500 on June 26, 1911 (USNM Accession 52933). The drawing was transferred from the object collections of the Department of Anthropology to the National Anthropological Archives in 1969.

Digital Content


Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Use
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Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Preferred Citation
Frederick Gokliz drawings (MS 270077), National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Related Materials
The Department of Anthropology object collections holds drawings by Gokliz on rawhide (Catalog Number 385920 and 270075).
The Newberry Library holds drawings by Gokliz in the Edward E. Ayer Collection.

More Information

Local Numbers

Local Numbers
NAA MS 270077
USNM Accession 52933
NAA INV 08600101
NAA INV 08600102
OPPS NEG 4-205-B

Variant Title

Variant Title
Devil dance, and battle scene


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