Scope and Contents

Leatherbound pocket notebook of ruled paper, containing 27 drawings, 3 with associated horse tracks on facing page. Most of the drawings depict individual men on horseback dressed in finery, but there are also five scenes of warfare, two of courting, and one of two feathered lances. Storekeeper's account entered on first page. Many pages were loose from the binding when inventory numbers were assigned. The original order was reconstructed and the volume rebound in 2002.

Local Numbers

NAA MS 4452-b

General

This work of art was conserved with a Save America's Treasures program grant.

Album Information

MS 4452B 000

Custodial History

There is no record of how this book was acquired by the BAE. It was evidently once stored with Ms. 4452A and assumed to have come from the same source. However, correspondence relating to that acquisition does not mention it. The Cheyenne identification is consistent with the shields of the warriors and the German silver pectorals worn by several of the figures.