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War Paint

 Subject
Subject Source: Gilcrease Subjects
Scope Note: Authorities\Attributes\Objects\Subjects\

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

Fort Reno Ledger Drawing, 1887

 Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 251.Unknown]
Identifier: 4526.11.137
Description Wearing his painted and beaded war shirt, a man counts coup on a fallen enemy with his quirt. The Crow adversary carries a knife and shield decorated with red cloth and eagle feathers and wears beaded wool leggings and a wool breechcloth. The horse is decorated for battle with a bandana and eagle feather tied at his chin and his tail tied in red wool and eagle feathers. From the article: Preserving History in the Southern Plains: Cheyenne and Arapaho Ledger Drawings from Fort...
Dates: 1887