Pictured Sheet
date: label: Accession Date
content: 25 May 1892
label: Collection Date
content: 1872
name: label: Collector
content: Brig. Gen. William B. Hazen
label: Collector
content: William Courtenay
label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Mildred M. Hazen
notes: label: Notes
content: FIGURATIVE DECORATION.
label: Notes
content: 46 pictographic scenes of warfare painted on double sheet of muslin. Culture identification changed from Sioux to Hidatsa, Arikara, or Mandan by Candace Greene May 2017 based on a full review of the collecting history and consideration of general stylistic traits.
label: Notes
content: Large square of muslin painted with scenes of warfare. The scenes on it are numbered 1-46, suggesting that an explanatory text once existed, although none has yet been found. The muslin, originally catalogued as a "painted sheet," is about 1.8 by 2.4 m and might more accurately be called a cabin liner, the direct descendant of the painted tipi liner. It is a communal war record, painted by multiple hands and depicting the exploits of several warriors. It offers a wonderful visual record of warrior regalia, including shields and chiefs coats, and it suggests what deeds were considered worthy of depiction. Although the muslin does not identify the men by name glyph as in the books of drawings (see National Anthropological Archives MS 154064), it is also probably of Arikara origin. The manner of dress and the war regalia, including many shields with references to bear power, match well with other Arikara works (Hämäläinen 2010).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 19 Feb 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Fort Buford, Williams County, Dakota Territory / North Dakota, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Hidatsa (?)
label: Culture
content: Arikara (Sahnish) (?)
label: Culture
content: Mandan (?)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 025748
label: USNM Number
content: E154067-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Muslin Painting
physicalDescription: label: Unknown - Object
content: 180 cm
label: Unknown - Object
content: 241 cm