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Indians of North America -- Pictorial works

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

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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...
Dates: 1894.