Fort Reno Ledger Drawing, 1879
Description
In a running battle on horseback, a Cheyenne, wearing a vest, calico shirt, painted and beaded leggings, German silver hair plates, and a peace medal (or similar medallion), attempts to count coup on a Pawnee warrior painted entirely in blue and wearing only a breechcloth and moccasins. As he aims his bow and arrow, the Pawnee's previous four arrows have passed by the Cheyenne. 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
- 1879
Creator
- Unidentified (Artist, Person)
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Access Restrictions
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Extent
From the Collection: 1 extent_missing
Dimensions
Overall: 12 3/8 (L) × 7 9/16 in. (W) (31.4 × 19.2 cm)
- Browse: Fort Reno Ledger Drawings, 1879 and 1887
- Cheyenne
- Cheyenne (culture or style)
- Creel Ledger Book
- Drawings
- Equus caballus (species) -- horses -- horse
- Fort Reno Ledger Drawings
- German silver
- Ledger Drawing
- Native American
- Native American (culture or style) -- American Indian -- Indigenous American
- Pawnee (culture or style)
- arrows (projectiles) -- arrow
- beaded leggings
- beading (process) -- beaded -- beadworking
- beads (pierced objects) -- bead
- blue (color)
- bows (weapons) -- bow
- calico -- calicos -- calicoes
- calico shirts
- clothing -- clothes -- garments -- apparel
- dots -- dot
- enemies -- enemy
- galloping
- geometric patterns -- geometric designs
- hairstyles -- hairstyle -- hair styles -- hair-dos
- horseback riding -- horse riding
- ledger drawings -- ledger drawing -- ledger art -- ledger-book drawings
- ledgers (account books) -- ledger
- leggings -- legging
- lines -- line
- loincloths -- loincloth -- loin cloths -- breechcloths
- long hair
- medallions (ornament areas) -- medallion
- moccasins -- moccasin -- mocassins
- numbers -- number
- painted leggings
- painting (image-making) -- painted
- peace medals -- peace medal
- plates -- plate
- shirts -- shirt
- shoes -- shoe
- shooting
- short hair
- sitting -- seated
- spots
- stripes -- stripe -- striped pattern
- vests -- vest
- warriors -- warrior
Creator
- Unidentified (Artist, Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research Repository
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