Painting On Deerskin
date: label: Accession Date
content: 8 Oct 1892
label: Collection Date
content: 1891
name: label: Collector
content: Mr. James Mooney
label: Donor Name
content: Bureau Of American Ethnology
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "BUCKSKIN? VERY THIN WHITE TANNED AND APPEARS MORE LIKE DOESKIN. POLYCHROME PAINTED IN A LARGE CIRCLE OF FIGURES AROUND THE OUTSIDE, WITH SEVERAL MORE IN THE CENTER. PAINTED BY YELLOW NOSE A UTE CAPTIVE WITH THE SOUTHERN CHEYENNE IN OKLAHOMA IN 1891. PREPARED FOR THE CHICAGO WORLD'S FAIR, 1893. REFER TO B.A.E. (ANNUAL) REPORT, 14, PART 2, PL. 109, OPP. P. 914. ALSO; ALEX. BURR. N. AMER. MYTHOLOGY, VOL. 10, P. 150-1. LOANED TO THE MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF ARTS 7/1/1976 - 10/12/1976 RETURNED 11/12/1976. LOANED TO RENWICK GALLERY 2/18/1982. LENT TO THE MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF ARTS, 8-13-1992 LOAN RETURNED AUG. 26, 1993. ... THE AUTHOR OF THE CLASSIC ACCOUNT OF THE GHOST DANCE, JAMES MOONEY, COMMISSIONED THIS HIDE PAINTING FROM YELLOW NOSE, A UTE CAPTIVE LIVING AMONG THE CHEYENNE. MOONEY REPORTED THAT THIS PAINTING "GIVES AN EXCELLENT IDEA OF THE GHOST DANCE ... AMONG THE CHEYENNE AND ARAPAHO." THE ARTIST PAID ATTENTION TO SUCH DETAILS AS THE PAINT AND FEATHERS OF FULLY COSTUMED DANCERS, A SPOTTED SHAWL FALLEN TO THE GROUND, AND THE DIFFERENT HAIRSTYLES OF THE WOMEN - CHEYENNE WITH BRAIDS, ARAPAHO WITH LOOSELY HANGING TRESSES. A WOMAN HOLDS FORTH A SACRED CROW, WHILE MEN HOLD INANIMATE RITUAL OBJECTS: ONE MAN A SHINNY STICK, THE OTHER A GAMING WHEEL. THE ARTIST ALSO SHOWS THE MANNER IN WHICH PERFORMERS INDUCED A HYPNOTIC TRANCE BY WAVING HANDKERCHIEFS. THE MEDICINE MAN, A FIGURE STANDING TO ONE SIDE, HELPS A MAN WHO HAS STRETCHED OUT A BLUE HANDKERCHIEF TOWARD HIM TO ENTER THE SPIRIT WORLD."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 17 Nov 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Oklahoma / Indian Territory, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Cheyenne (Tsitsistas, Suhtai), Southern
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 026286
label: USNM Number
content: E165127-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hide Painting
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 132 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 101 cm