Book of drawings by anonymous Cheyenne prisoner at Fort Marion
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- Creators:
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Hazen, William Babcock, 1830-1887
Fort Marion artists
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ca. 1875-1878
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1 Item (disbound volume of 14 drawings (8 leaves, colored pencil, ink, graphite, and crayon, 18 x 21 cm.)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS154064C
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National Anthropological Archives
Bound book of unruled paper, now disbound and laminated. Includes scenes of hunting, ceremonies and daily Indian camp life. The manuscript now contains 14 drawings and the original volume cover. Original sequence of pictures not recorded. Identified as by a Cheyenne prisoner held at Ft. Marion, Florida (1875-78) on the basis of style and content.
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ca. 1875-1877
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1 Drawing (volume of 14 drawings (8 leaves, graphite, colored pencil, and crayon, 21 x 29 cm.)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS4656
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National Anthropological Archives
Book of 14 drawings on 8 leaves of unruled paper in a commercial drawing book. The book was rebound by the Bureau of American Ethnology and the original covers are no longer visible. Drawings depict hunting, travelling, and camp scenes. The inside front cover is inscribed "Drawn by Buffalo Meat". The inside back cover is inscribed "Soaring Eegle [s...
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Doanmoe, Etahdleuh, 1856-1888
Kobay, (Comanche chief)
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1875-1878
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33 Drawings (graphite, colored pencil, crayon, ink, and watercolor, 12 x 18 cm.-20 x 55 cm.)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS39C
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National Anthropological Archives
The manuscript contains 28 drawings depicting warfare, courting, hunting, dances, a horse race, and an intertribal meeting. The drawings also include 5 pages with pictographs representing various words and the names of the prisoners. Included in the manuscript are rosters of the Ft. Marion prisoners listing the prisoners' names and tribal affiliati...
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Wohaw, 1855-1924
Pratt, Richard Henry, 1840-1924
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ca. 1855-1877
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1 Drawing (graphite, colored pencil, and watercolor, 12 x 18 cm.)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS30747
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National Anthropological Archives
The manuscript consists of one drawing of a Kiowa camp with painted tipis. It is inscribed on the verso "Drawn by Wohaw Kiowa." It is from a set of 12 drawings donated by Captain Richard Pratt. Three of the drawings are now in the NAA (MS 30,740, 30,747, and 30,750) and 8 are now in the Graphic Arts collection of the National Museum of American His...
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- Creators:
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Wohaw, 1855-1924
Pratt, Richard Henry, 1840-1924
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ca. 1855-1877
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1 Drawing (graphite, colored pencil, and watercolor, 12 x 18 cm.)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS30750
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
The manuscript consists of one drawing of a tight rope walker. It is inscribed on the verso "Drawn by Wohaw Kiowa."It is from a set of 12 drawings donated by Captain Richard Pratt. Three of the drawings are now in the NAA (MS 30,740, 30,747, and 30,750) and 8 are now in the Graphic Arts collection of the National Museum of American History. The loc...
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- Dates:
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1875 August
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1 Item (disbound volume of 21 drawings (23 leaves, graphite and colored pencil, 21 x 27 cm.)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS39A
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Artist's sketchbook, now disbound, containing scenes of daily life, dances, hunting and a picture of birds. Individual leaves numbered 1 through 23. Cover of the drawing book inscribed in pencil "Drawn by Making Medicine, Cheyenne Prisoner, St. Augustine, Fla. Aug. 1875." Inscriptions on individual leaves by same hand, probably Lt. Richard Pratt.
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- Creators:
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Hubbel, Henry W.
- Dates:
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1875
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1 Item (disbound volume of 20 drawings (11 leaves, graphite and crayon, 18 x 22 cm.)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS392725
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Twenty drawings on 11 leaves of ruled paper in a commercial notebook, now disbound. Drawings depict: rituals associated with the sun dance, warfare, dancers, men seated in painted tipis, mounted warriors, and a train.
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1875-1878
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20 Drawings (18 leaves, graphite and colored pencil, 17 x 20 cm.)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS1998-54
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Twenty drawings in a commercial exercise book that has been rebound. The book had been sewn into a second cover prior to its acquisition by the Smithsonian. This second cover was removed when the book was rebound. It is still with the manuscript. The drawings depict hunting, courtship, dance, social gatherings, Indian scouts, mounted and dismounted...
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Tichkematse, 1857-1932
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1887 April
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21 Drawings (graphite, watercolor, and ink, 14 x 22 cm.)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS7500
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National Anthropological Archives
Drawings in a small notebook of ruled paper, now disbound, covers retained. Drawings document an 1887 hunting excursion taken by Colonel Bliss of Fort Supply (in Indian Territory) and Major John Dunlop, a visitor to the fort from Washington D.C.. Included in the manuscript are a cyanotype picture featuring Colonel Bliss, end papers, and covers of t...
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Tichkematse, 1857-1932
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n.d
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13 Drawings (12 leaves, graphite, crayon, watercolor, and ink, 20 x 23 cm.-22 x 54 cm.)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS39D2
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Some items were incorrectly grouped with MS 39C. 10 of the drawings are heavily water and mildew damaged, now laminated, primarily scenes of warfare. The origin of the drawings and their association to each other is not recorded. Three drawings are attributed to the Cheyenne artist Tichkematse on the basis of style, and two others are inscribed wit...