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Tracing made from a painted buckskin showing tribal history

 Collection — manuscript box: 40 - folder 1
Identifier: 9012

Scope and content

This is a tracing of a deer skin history made by Wounded Bear, Ogallala Sioux. The tracing was made by E. J. Bush. Two versions of the tracing are included. The collection also contains 2 typed translations of the drawings and 1 handwritten copy, plus provenance notes. A note with the collection states that the original deerskin has been lost. A separate note, from E. K. Bennett, states that on June 20, 1938, Mr. Bush reported that the original deer skin was offered for sale through Ben Hyde of 40th St and 6th Ave, New York City for $20, but was not sold. The description of the pictures was made in Autumn 1901 and describes 80 pictures, each picture representing a different year.

Dates

  • 1894.

Creator

Extent

7 items. (7 items.)

Language of Materials

English

Ownership and Custodial History

Provenance: Huntington Free Library.

Description rules
Appm
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

Contact:
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