Fort Reno Ledger Drawing, 1887
Description
A Cheyenne's horse is shot out from under him, his rifle still in hand, as his adversary dressed in a capote fires one shot. For the Cheyenne, recovery from such an event was considered a coup. 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
- ledger drawing
- blood (animal material)
- capotes (outerwear) -- capote
- clothing -- clothes -- garments -- apparel
- dots -- dot
- enemies -- enemy
- firearms -- firearm
- geometric patterns -- geometric designs
- hairstyles -- hairstyle -- hair styles -- hair-dos
- ledger drawings -- ledger drawing -- ledger art -- ledger-book drawings
- ledgers (account books) -- Ledger
- men -- man
- rifles (long guns) -- rifle
- warriors -- warrior
Style / Period
- Cheyenne (culture or style)
- Native American (culture or style) -- American Indian -- Indigenous American
Topical
Uniform Title
Repository Details
Part of the Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research Repository