Book of ledger drawings
date: label: Date created
content: 1875-1876
name: label: Culture/People
content: Southern Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)
label: Artist/Maker
content: Bear's Heart (Nock-ko-ist/James Bear's Heart/Nah-koh-hist), Southern Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne), 1851-1882; annotated by Colonel Richard Henry Pratt, Non-Indian, 1840-1924
label: Subject
content: Bishop Henry Benjamin Whipple, Non-Indian, 1822-1901
label: Commissioner
content: Colonel Richard Henry Pratt, Non-Indian, 1840-1924
label: Previous owner
content: Colonel Richard Henry Pratt, Non-Indian, 1840-1924
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: Commissioned and annotated by Colonel Richard Henry Pratt (1840-1924, US Army), who conducted educational experiments with Native prisoners at Fort Marion before going on to found the Carlisle Indian School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania; sent to General William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-1891) by Pratt to solicit support for Indian education efforts; inherited by Philemon Tecumseh Sherman (1867-1941) or other family members; subsequently inherited by General Sherman's granddaughter, Eleanor Sherman Fitch (1876-1959); donated to MAI by Eleanor Sherman Fitch in 1943.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Fort Marion (Castillo de San Marcos); Saint Augustine; Saint Johns County; Florida; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Southern Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)
label: See related items
content: Painting/Drawing/Print
label: On View
content: NMAI, Washington DC: Unbound, Ledger Books
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 20/6231
label: Barcode
content: 206231.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Painting/Drawing/Print
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Book of ledger drawings
label: Media/Materials
content: Paper, graphite, colored pencil
label: Techniques
content: Drawn, bound
label: Dimensions
content: 20.7 x 16.5 x 16.4 cm