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Type:
Archival materials
Drawings (visual works)
Ledger drawings
Date:
ca. 1903?
Scope and Contents:
Laminated. Drawings include prairie with many buffalo and horses; village; four dead women; two dead male relatives; two figures; group dancing ghost dance; a tipi where his family is feasting; Jesus Christ surrounding concentric semi-circles; two connected circles with rays emanating from them, on circle containing figure; village and dance circle; village around dance circle and group of blue lines, possibly representing animals; Jesus Christ with two crucified thieves; and lines, concentric circles, and buffalo skull.
Local Numbers:
NAA INV 08635301-08635302
NAA INV 08635401-08635402
NAA MS 2538
Local Note:
See BAE 14th AR, Part 2, for Reproduction and Explanation Of Drawing
Place:
United States Oklahoma Kiowa and Comanche Reservation.
Album Information:
NAA MS 2538 JMND-014
Genre/Form:
Ledger drawings
Collection Citation:
Manuscript 2538, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution