Fort Reno Ledger Drawing, 1887
Description
This courtship drawing shows a meeting of a finely-dressed couple. The woman wears a blue wool elk tooth dress with a shawl wrapped around her waist, a hair pipe choker and hair ornament, a German silver concho belt with a drop, and traditional beaded moccasins with attached leggings. The man is wrapped in a blanket with a beaded strip and wears painted and fringed leggings, beaded moccasins, and a red wool breechcloth. His hair ornament consists of a roach, eagle feather, and German silver hair plates. His beautiful spotted horse bearing the man's feathered saber and military style saddle stands by. From the article: Preserving History in the Southern Plains: Cheyenne and Arapaho Ledger Drawings from Fort Reno, Plains Indian Art, Created in Community. Emma I. Hansen, Curator Emerita and Senior Scholar for the Buffalo Bill Center of the West, 2016.
Dates
- Creation: 1887
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Access Restrictions
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Full Extent
From the Collection: 1 extent_missing
Dimensions
Overall: 12 1/2 (L) × 7 1/2 in. (W) (31.8 × 19.1 cm)
Cultural context
Genre / Form
- drawings
- Equus caballus (species) -- horses -- horse
- Evans Ledger Book
- Fort Reno Ledger Drawings
- German silver
- German silver concho belts
- ledger drawing
- aprons (protective wear) -- apron
- bands (binding components) -- band
- beaded shoes -- beaded shoe -- beaded moccasins
- beading (process) -- beaded -- beadworking
- beadwork (visual works) -- beadworks -- bead-work -- beading -- beadworking
- belts (tool components) -- belt -- instrument strap
- black (color)
- blankets (coverings) -- blanket
- blue (color)
- boots (footwear) -- Boot
- chokers (necklaces) -- choker
- circles (plane figures) -- circle
- cloaks -- cloak
- clothing -- clothes -- garments -- apparel
- concho belts -- concho belt
- conchos -- concho (costume accessory)
- couples -- couple
- diamonds (motifs) -- lozenges
- dots -- dot
- dresses (garments) -- dress
- eagle feather
- elk tooth
- elk tooth dresses -- elk tooth dress
- facepaint -- face paint
- feathers -- feather
- fringe -- fringing
- fringed leggings
- geometric patterns -- geometric designs
- gray (color) -- grayish -- grey
- green (color) -- greenish
- hair ornaments -- hair ornament
- hairstyles -- hairstyle -- hair styles -- hair-dos
- headdresses -- headdress
- helmet plates -- helmet plate
- jewelry -- jewellery
- ledger drawings -- ledger drawing -- ledger art -- ledger-book drawings
- ledgers (account books) -- Ledger
- leggings -- legging
- loincloths -- loincloth -- loin cloths -- breechcloths
- men -- man
- moccasins -- moccasin -- mocassins
- necklaces -- necklace
- painted leggings
- plates -- plate
- red (color)
- roach headdresses -- roach headdress
- sabers -- saber
- saddles -- saddle
- shawls -- shawl
- shoes -- shoe
- silver (metal)
- silver concho belts
- silverwork -- silverworks
- strips -- strip
- teeth -- tooth
- war bonnets -- war bonnet
- white (color)
- woman -- women
- wool (textile)
- yellow (color)
- zigzags -- zigzag pattern
Style / Period
Topical
- animated
- color variation
- courtships -- courtship -- courting
- dark blue
- face to face
- long hair
- meetings -- meeting
- moving towards
- neon yellow
- numbers -- number
- opposite each other
- painting (image-making) -- painted
- sage green
- spots
- spotted horse
- Squares -- square
- standing
- symbol for life cycle
- two people
- uneven color
Uniform Title
Repository Details
Part of the Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research Repository