Untitled (Undertaking the Sacred Tsistsistas (Cheyenne) Sun Dance), page number 105, from the "Old White Woman Ledger"
Unknown artist ("Old White Woman" Ledger), American / Tsistsistas, active late 19th century, Tsistsistas / Suhtai (Cheyenne), Central Plains, Plains
about 1880-1890
Graphite and colored pencil on wove ledger paper
Sheet (Irreg.): 7 5/16 x 11 13/16 in. (18.6 x 30 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: 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
2007.65.76
Geography/Culture
North America, United States
Period
19th century
Object Name
Ledger Drawing
Classification
Native American
Drawing
Native American: Plains
Not on view
Inscription
Preprinted ledger page number, in blue ink, upper left [proper right]: 105; reverse: preprinted ledger page number, in blue ink, upper right [proper left]: 106 [drawing 2007.65.77]
Exhibition History
Possible: "The Lansburgh Collection," Nedra Matteucci Gallery Santa Fe, New Mexico, August 11-31, 2000.
Native American Ledger Drawings from the Hood Museum of Art: The Mark Lansburgh Collection, Friends and Owen Robertson Cheatham Galleries, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 2-December 19, 2010.
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. 30, figure 2.14; p. 154, plate 108.
Provenance
From the formerly bound Old White Woman Ledger (46 pages); Mark Lansburgh, Santa Fe, New Mexico, date unknown; acquired by present collection through a partial gift and partial purchase, 2007.
Old Number
Lansburgh no.: 81
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