In Pursuit of Game
date: label: date made
content: ca 1875-1878
name: label: original artist
content: Shave Head
notes: label: Description
content: Shave Head, or O-uk-ste-uh (Cheyenne),
label: Description
content: drawn between 1875 and 1878 at Fort Marion, Florida
label: Description
content: “In Pursuit of Game”
label: Description
content: Collected by Richard Henry Pratt about 1878
label: Description
content: Pencil, colored pencil, ink and colored ink
label: Description
content: This drawing shows two Cheyenne warriors hiding and hunting in a wooded area. Buffalo, elk, a turkey, and a flying bird are present. One of the warriors points his rifle towards the elk and buffalo. The other warrior aims his arrow at the flying bird.
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: Florida, Anastasia Island, Fort Marion
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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content: Cultures & Communities
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content: Military
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content: Ledger Drawings
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content: Art
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2008.0175.55
label: accession number
content: 2008.0175
label: catalog number
content: 2008.0175.055
objectType: label: Object Name
content: drawing
label: Object Name
content: ledger drawing
label: Object Type
content: Engraving
label: Other Terms
content: drawing; Watercolor
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11.4 cm x 18 cm; 4 1/2 in x 7 1/16 in