Anonymous Plains Indian drawings
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: USNM Accession 028804

NAA MS 28804
name: label: Collector
content: Bell, James M. (James Montgomery), 1837-1919
place: label: Place
content: North America
creator: label: Collector
content: Bell, James M. (James Montgomery), 1837-1919
culture: label: Culture
content: Sioux
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content: Anonymous Plains Indian drawings
bioghist: label: Biographical Note
content: James Montgomery Bell (1837-1919) was an officer in the U.S. Army and was posted at Poplar River with the Seventh Cavalry from 1880-1882.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 9 Drawings (visual works) (pencil and colored pencil, laminated)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1880-1882
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: The drawings were received from James M. Bell as part of a larger collection of objects in 1894 (USNM Accession 28804).  The drawings were transferred from the object collections of the Department of Anthropology to the National Anthropological Archives in 1969.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS28804
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Drawings (visual works)
label: Type
content: Works of art
label: Type
content: Ledger drawings
label: Type
content: Drawings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Works of art
label: Genre/Form
content: Ledger drawings
label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists of nine (9) drawings on 8 sheets of paper by an unidentified artist.  The drawings were collected by James M. Bell.  Bell described them as: "Drawings on Paper, Poplar River, Mont, Captive Sioux, 8." He described other materials from Poplar River which came from Gall's band of Sioux, who surrendered there in 1881. The drawings seem consistent with that origin.

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 As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today.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.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The National Anthropological Archives holds other drawings which may be by the same artist in MS 384176 and MS 384177.

The Department of Anthropology object collections holds artifacts collected by James M. Bell in Accession 28804.