MS 4653 Book of drawings by anonymous Cheyenne artists and related drawings and letters
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 4653
place: label: Place
content: Fort Reno (Okla.)
label: Place
content: North America
culture: label: Culture
content: Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)
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content: MS 4653 Book of drawings by anonymous Cheyenne artists and related drawings and letters
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Volume (76 drawings)
label: Extent
content: 2 Drawings (visual works)
label: Extent
content: 2 Letters
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1880-1890
label: Date
content: 1962
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: The ledger book and drawings were purchased by the Bureau of American Ethnology on June 5, 1962 from Dorsey Griffith, an antiques dealer based in New Market, Maryland.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS4653
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Volumes
label: Type
content: Drawings (visual works)
label: Type
content: Letters
label: Type
content: Works of art
label: Type
content: Ledger drawings
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The ledger book and drawings were laminated at an unknown date by the Bureau of American Ethnology.  The ledger book was disbound and the original covers were not retained.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Works of art
label: Genre/Form
content: Ledger drawings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists of one (1) ledger book, now disbound, containing seventy-six (76) drawings by Cheyenne artists, two (2) additional drawings, and two (2) letters.

The ledger book contains drawings of scenes of warfare, courting, camps, and geometric figures.  Many of the drawings have identifying captions in an unknown hand. Some of the drawings have been identified as having been created by a different, most likely non-native, artist. Two additional drawings were received with the ledger book: a drawing on sheet from a small ruled tablet, now torn in two, and a broadside sheet, now torn in two, with site plan and perspective drawing of the trading post of N. W. Evans and Co., Fort Reno, Indian Territory. The collection also includes  letters regarding the purchase of the collection from Mr. Dorsey Griffith.

Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or National Anthropological Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.