Tracing made from a painted buckskin showing tribal history
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
- Wounded Bear, 1842- (Person)
- Huntington Free Library (Former owner, Organization)
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
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
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