Untitled (A Tsistsistas (Cheyenne) Warrior Carrying His Shield and Lance), page number 171, from the "Old White Woman Ledger"

Unknown artist ("Old White Woman" Ledger), Tsistsistas / American, active late 19th century
Tsistsistas / Suhtai (Cheyenne)
Central Plains
Plains

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about 1880-1890

Graphite, colored pencil on wove ledger paper

Sheet (Irreg.): 7 5/16 × 11 13/16 in. (18.5 × 30 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Mark Lansburgh Ledger Drawing Collection; Partial gift of Mark Lansburgh, Class of 1949; and partial purchase through the Mrs. Harvey P. Hood W'18 Fund, and the Offices of the President and Provost of Dartmouth College

2007.65.73

Geography

Place Made: United States, North America

Period

19th century

Object Name

Ledger Drawing

Research Area

Native American

Drawing

Native American: Plains

Not on view

Inscriptions

Preprinted ledger page number, in blue ink, upper left [proper right]:171; reverse: preprinted ledger page number, in blue ink, upper right [proper left]: 172

Exhibition History

"The Lansburgh Collection," Nedra Matteucci Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, August 11-31, 2000.

Publication History

Colin G. Calloway, Editor, Ledger Narratives, The Plains Indian Drawings of the Lansburgh Collection at Dartmouth College, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press (published in cooperation with the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire), 2012, p. 156, plate 110.

Provenance

From the formerly bound Old White Woman Ledger (46 pages); with Nedra Matteucci Galleries, Santa Fe, New Mexico, date unknown; Mark Lansburgh, Santa Fe, New Mexico, date uknown; acquired by present collection through a partial gift and partial purchase, 2007.

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