Comanche drawing of a mounted man pursuing a man on foot
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 270078

NAA INV 08601000

OPPS NEG 91-2260

OPPS SLIDE 91-2260

USNM Accession 52933
name: label: Artist
content: Unknown
place: label: Place
content: North America
creator: label: Artist
content: Unknown
culture: label: Culture
content: Niuam (Comanche)
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Drawings (visual works) (graphite and crayon on cardboard, 12 x 10 inches)
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
container: label: Container
content: Box 270078
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: The drawing is part of a large collection of ethnographic material, principally from the southern plains, amassed by Captain Allyn K. Capron and his wife Lillian Capron while they were stationed at Fort Sill, Oklahoma Territory (Oklahoma). The United States National Museum purchased the collection from Mrs. Capron for $500 on June 26, 1911 (USNM Accession 52933). The drawing was 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.MS270078
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Graphic 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 one (1) drawing executed on an octagonal piece of cardboard, cut from the cover of a book. The drawing depicts a mounted man wearing a headdress and carrying a lance and a shield pursuing a man on foot. The dismounted man has roached hair and carries a bow. He appears to be wearing red front tab leggings and a turkey beard roach. The drawing is inscribed "50" in the lower right hand corner. A hole has been cut in the top of the piece of cardboard and a red white and blue ribbon has been attached, so that the drawing could be suspended.

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