Cheyenne Pictures. 'High Wolf' kills a Shoshone or Snake Indian.
date: label: date made
content: ca 1894
name: label: original artist
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: Unknown artist, about 1894
label: Description
content: “Cheyenne Pictures. High Wolf Kills a Shoshonee or Snake Indian.”
label: Description
content: Pencil, colored pencil, ink and watercolor
label: Description
content: This drawing shows a mounted warrior with a name glyph - a symbol for the personal name “High Wolf” - riding victoriously over a fallen Snake (Shoshone) warrior, identified by his shield. The artist depicts High Wolf counting coup on his enemy by showing a riding whip (quirt) touching the shield of the fallen Shoshone warrior. Counting coup - in this instance touching an adversary in battle - was considered an act of bravery that could gain war honors.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: North America
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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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mrs. John G. Bourke
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.08113
label: catalog number
content: GA*08113
label: accession number
content: 1897.031963
objectType: label: Object Name
content: drawing
label: Object Name
content: ledger drawing
label: Object Type
content: Drawings
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: 25 cm x 33.8 cm; 9 13/16 in x 13 5/16 in