Drawings by Lakota students at Pine Ridge Agency School
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: USNM Accession 28,069

NAA MS 168,515

OPPS NEG MNH 1269-J
name: label: Collector
content: Daniel, Z. T.
label: Names
content: United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency
place: label: Place
content: North America
label: Place
content: Pine Ridge (S.D.)
topic: label: Topic
content: Children's drawings
creator: label: Collector
content: Daniel, Z. T.
culture: label: Culture
content: Lakota (Teton/Western Sioux)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Drawings by Lakota students at Pine Ridge Agency School
bioghist: label: Biographical Note
content: Dr. Z.T. Daniel was a career physician in the Indian Service. At the time of this donation he was the agency physician at Pine Ridge Reservation. He also served at the Cheyenne River Reservation and the Blackfoot Reservation, and made many donations to the Smithsonian over a period of years, most accompanied with detailed information regarding the origins of the objects. His name is frequently misspelled in museum records as Daniels.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 53 Drawings (visual works) (37 leaves, graphite and colored pencil on construction paper, 10.5 x 8 inches)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1893
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: The collection was donated to USNM by Dr. Z.T. Daniel in 1894.  It was transferred from the object collections of the Department of Anthropology to the National Anthropological Archives.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS168515
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: Drawings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Works of art
label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists of fifty-three (53) drawings by children at the Pine Ridge Agency School.  Most drawings are inscribed with the name of the artist. Most, if not all, subject matter appears to have been copied from published source material and includes animals, plants, home furnishings, warships and pirate vessels.

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 As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today.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 additional material collected by Z.T. Daniel in MS 166930, MS 166931, and MS 4795, and holds other drawings by Pine Ridge Agency Day school students in MS 1999-44 Pine Ridge Agency Day School student drawings.