Lakota drawing of a dance scene, probably grass dance
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 380463

USNM Accession 152914

NAA INV 08602000
name: label: Artist
content: Unknown
place: label: Place
content: North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Lakota dance
label: Topic
content: Grass dance
creator: label: Artist
content: Unknown
culture: label: Culture
content: Lakota (Teton/Western Sioux)
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Drawings (visual works) (graphite, crayon, and watercolor on paper backed with linen, laminated, 39.5 x 29.5 inches)
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
container: label: Container
content: Folder 380463
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: The drawing was received as a gift of Clarissa L. Kitchen of Coulterville, California on July 17, 1939 (USNM Accession 152914).  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.MS380463
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: 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 one (1) drawing depicting Lakota dancers in a circular formation around a flag pole with an American flag.  The creator of the drawing is unknown.

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