Oosica drawing of man in grass dance regalia with bustle and bells, with smaller figure holding another bustle
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA INV 08511500

 NAA INV 08511600

 NAA MS 166,930
name: label: Artist
content: Oosica
label: Collector
content: Daniel, Z. T.
place: label: Place
content: Pine Ridge (S.D.)
label: Place
content: North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Dancing
creator: label: Artist
content: Oosica
label: Collector
content: Daniel, Z. T.
culture: label: Culture
content: Lakota (Teton/Western Sioux)
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: 1 Drawings (visual works) (graphite and colored pencil, laminated, 5 x 8 inches)
label: Extent
content: 1 Document (laminated)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1893
container: label: Container
content: Box 166930 / 166931 / 168515, Folder 1
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Donated to USNM by Dr. Z.T. Daniel in 1893 (no accession record found).  The collection was transferred from the object collections of the Department of Anthropology to the National Anthropological Archives at an unknown date.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS166930
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: Documents
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 and one (1) explanatory note by Z.T. Daniel.  The drawing is inscribed "That is me father[,] this is I have the seke" and the names "Osica" and "Oosica." Oosica is presumed to be the artist based on the inscription. The note indicates that the drawing was found among discarded office papers and provides translations of names: Osica (Bad) and Oosica (Bad Wound).

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 166931, MS 168515, and MS 4795.