Drawing Portrait of Few Tails
date: label: Date created
content: circa 1880
name: label: Culture/People
content: Oglala Lakota (Oglala Sioux)
label: Artist/Maker
content: Red Dog (Shon-Kan-Lou-Tah/Shun-ka-lu-ta/Scarlet Dog), Oglala Lakota (Oglala Sioux), ca. 1848-1884; annotated by Dr. Valentine T. McGillycuddy (V. T. McGillycuddy/Valentine Trant McGillycuddy), Non-Indian, 1849-1939
label: Collector
content: Dr. Valentine T. McGillycuddy (V. T. McGillycuddy/Valentine Trant McGillycuddy), Non-Indian, 1849-1939
label: Previous owner
content: General William Tecumseh Sherman, Non-Indian, 1820-1891
label: Previous owner
content: P. Tecumseh Sherman (Philemon Tecumseh Sherman), Non-Indian, 1867-1941
label: Previous owner
content: Eleanor Sherman Fitch, Non-Indian, 1876-1959
label: Donor
content: Eleanor Sherman Fitch, Non-Indian, 1876-1959
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected and annotated by Dr. Valentine T. McGillycuddy (1849-1939) while he was the Indian Agent on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation between 1879 and 1886; sent by Valentine McGillycuddy to General William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-1891) at the artist's request in 1884; inherited by General Sherman's son Philemon Tecumseh Sherman (1867-1941) and subsequently by General Sherman's granddaughter, Eleanor Sherman Fitch (1876-1959); donated to MAI by Eleanor Sherman Fitch in 1943.
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place: label: Place
content: Pine Ridge Reservation; Jackson County, Oglala Lakota County; South Dakota; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Oglala Lakota (Oglala Sioux)
label: See related items
content: Painting/Drawing/Print
label: On View
content: NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Plains & Plateau
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 20/6230
label: Barcode
content: 206230.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Painting/Drawing/Print
physicalDescription: label: Title
content: Drawing Portrait of Few Tails
label: Object Name
content: Book of ledger drawings
label: Media/Materials
content: Paper, ink, graphite, crayon
label: Techniques
content: Drawn, painted
label: Dimensions
content: 13 x 19.5 x 12.7 cm