Indians discovery U.S. Cavalry
date: label: date made
content: ca 1875-1878
name: label: original artist
content: Koba
notes: label: Description
content: Koba aka Wild Horse (Kiowa),
label: Description
content: drawn between 1875 and 1878 at Fort Marion, Florida
label: Description
content: "Indian Discovery of U.S. Cavalry"
label: Description
content: Collected by Richard Henry Pratt about 1878
label: Description
content: Colored pencil, ink, and watercolor
label: Description
content: The focus of this drawing by Koba is a Kiowa warrior coming down from his lookout hill. He carries a pair of field glasses (either a trade item or possibly taken from an enemy combatant) which assisted him in the discovery of the cavalry unit riding nearby. The Kiowa camp below is at rest; tribesmen welcome the scout's return and warning.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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: Communications
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content: Ledger Drawings
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content: Art
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content: Many Voices, One Nation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2008.0175.52
label: catalog number
content: 2008.0175.052
label: accession number
content: 2008.0175
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: 12.6 cm x 20.4 cm; 4 15/16 in x 8 1/16 in