Tracing made from a painted buckskin showing tribal history, 1894.

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Tracing made from a painted buckskin showing tribal history, 1894.

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.

7 items.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7908255

Cornell University Library

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Sioux Nation

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Wounded Bear, 1842-

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Huntington Free Library

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