Roan Eagle book of drawings
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 387048

USNM Accession 183373
name: label: Creator
content: Roan Eagle, 1863-
label: Collector
content: McGillycuddy, Valentine, 1849-1939
place: label: Place
content: North America
creator: label: Creator
content: Roan Eagle, 1863-
label: Collector
content: McGillycuddy, Valentine, 1849-1939
culture: label: Culture
content: Lakota (Teton/Western Sioux)
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content: Roan Eagle book of drawings
bioghist: label: Biographical Note
content: Dr. V.T. McGillycuddy identified himself in a 1932 letter to the BAE as having served as attending surgeon with the US Army in the field during the Indian campaigns 1876-78, and as Indian Agent in charge of Red Cloud's Sioux from 1879 to 1886. In later years, he was president of the South Dakota Society of California and maintained correspondence with the BAE regarding his Indian experiences.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Volume (notebook containing 33 drawings on leaves and inside covers, graphite, colored pencil, ink, and watercolor, 4 x 6 x .5 inches)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1880
container: label: Container
content: Box 387048
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: The book was collected by Dr. V.T. McGillycuddy, presumably on the Pine Ridge Reservation in the 1880s. Received from Mrs. Julia B. McGillycuddy, July 11, 1949.  Transferred from the object collections of the Department of Anthropology to the National Anthropological Archives in August 1969.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS387048
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Graphic Materials
label: Type
content: Volumes
label: Type
content: Ledger drawings
label: Type
content: Works of art
label: Type
content: Drawings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Ledger drawings
label: Genre/Form
content: Works of art
label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists of a small bound pocket notebook with pages of ruled paper containing 33 drawings.  The drawings depict scenes of individual warriors, courting, hunting, various animals, and a dance.  An inscription on flyleaf reads: "By our special artist Roan Eagle."
The covers were repaired with cloth tape.

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