MS 1303 Ledger book of drawings, probably Lakota and Cheyenne
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 1303
name: label: Artist
content: Roman Nose, (Lakota chief)
label: Annotator
content: White, Charles C.
label: Collector
content: Strong, Samuel E.
place: label: Place
content: North America
creator: label: Artist
content: Roman Nose, (Lakota chief)
label: Annotator
content: White, Charles C.
label: Collector
content: Strong, Samuel E.
culture: label: Culture
content: Lakota (Teton/Western Sioux)
label: Culture
content: Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)
label: Culture
content: Niitsitapii (Blackfoot/Blackfeet)
label: Culture
content: Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)
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content: MS 1303 Ledger book of drawings, probably Lakota and Cheyenne
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Volume (disbound and laminated; 83 drawings and 3 pages of notes, graphite, colored pencil, and ink, 12.5 x 9.5 inches)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1866
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: An inscription in the volume, by Samuel E. Strong, M. D., Desloge, St Francis County, Missouri, September 5, 1900, states that the drawings are the work of "Roman Nose, half brother of Red Cloud," and that after Roman Nose's capture in 1866 [?] he gave the book to Augustus Griffith of St Genevieve County, Missouri, who in turn gave it to Strong. Captions under the drawings were made from the explanations of Charles C. White, or Fast Horse, Dakota interpreter at Pine Ridge but then (December 21, 1889) employed with the Kickapoo Indian Medicine Co., Ironton, Iron County, Missouri. An additional inscription indicates that the book was purchased by the Bureau of American Ethnology from Strong in November 1900.  Related correspondence is in the Bureau of American Ethnology records.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS1303
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Volumes
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 a ledger book of drawings, now laminated and disbound, with scenes of warfare, horse raiding, and courting. The book contains drawings by multiple artists, probably both Lakota and Cheyenne, based on the events and war medicine depicted, especially shield designs. Inscriptions in the volume give the history of acquisition and identify activities in each scene. However, the identifications are often in error regarding the nature of the scene and the tribal identity of the enemies. An inscription on the final page, NAA INV 11013402, indicates that all explanations were provided by Charles C. White, also known as Fast Horse, former Dakota interpreter at Pine Ridge Agency.

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