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Stephen Stubbs drawings of Kansa warfare and tipi camp

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Stephen Stubbs drawings of Kansa warfare and tipi camp
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  • Stephen Stubbs drawings of Kansa warfare and tipi camp
  • Stephen Stubbs drawings of Kansa warfare and tipi camp
  • Stephen Stubbs drawings of Kansa warfare and tipi camp

    Object Details

    sova.naa.ms4800_ref2111
    GUID
    https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw34c15e198-c508-412a-a8bc-5e5ee2cb8fe5
    Local Numbers
    NAA MS.4800: (3.2.2) [248, part] NAA INV.08724501 NAA INV.08724502 NAA INV.08724600
    Local Note
    Old number 1466 (part).
    Album Information
    MS 4800-248-Stubbs
    Creator
    Stubbs, Stephen
    Collector
    Dorsey, James Owen, 1848-1895
    Collection Creator
    Dorsey, James Owen, 1848-1895
    Topic
    Kansa (Kaw)
    Creator
    Stubbs, Stephen
    Collector
    Dorsey, James Owen, 1848-1895
    Culture
    Kaw (Kansa)
    Indians of North America -- Great Plains
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    MS 4800 James O. Dorsey papers
    MS 4800 James O. Dorsey papers / Series 1: Siouan-Catawban / 1.3: Dhegiha / Drawings in pencil and water colors by Stephen Stubbs and Pahaule-gagli
    Sponsor
    Creation of this finding aid was funded through support from the Arcadia Fund. Digitization and preparation of additional materials for online access has been funded also by the National Science Foundation under BCS Grant No. 1561167 and the Recovering Voices initiative at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History.
    Extent
    3 Drawings (visual works) ((1 leaf), pencil and watercolor, 23 x 63 cm.)
    Date
    ca. 1882
    Archival Repository
    National Anthropological Archives
    Type
    Archival materials
    Drawings (visual works)
    Ledger drawings
    Collection Citation
    Manuscript 4800 James O. Dorsey papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
    Collection Rights
    Contact the repository for terms of use.
    Existence and Location of Copies
    Microfilm reel # 6.
    Bibliography
    Part printed as figures 178-180 in Dorsey's "A Study of Siouan Cults," Bureau of American Ethnology-AR 11, Washington, D. C., 1894.
    Genre/Form
    Ledger drawings
    Scope and Contents
    Pencil and water color drawings by Stephen Stubbs. Includes 3 pages of notes by Dorsey. All of the drawings are on one leaf, with two on the recto and on verso. It is not clear why each drawing was inventoried separately. Depicts battles between the Kansas and Cheyennes, and six painted tipis with buffalo robes nearby.
    Collection Restrictions
    The James O. Dorsey Papers are open for research. Access to the James O. Dorsey Papers requires an appointment
    Related Materials
    See also "Pahaule-gagli drawing of battle ca. 1868 between Kansas and Cheyennes at near Fort Larned, Kansas," part of Manuscript 4800 Dorsey Papers: Kansa (3.2.2) [248]
    NAA.MS4800_ref2111
    https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw34c15e198-c508-412a-a8bc-5e5ee2cb8fe5
    NAA.MS4800
    NAA
    Record ID
    ebl-1629288015215-1629288015715-1

    • MS 4800 James O. Dorsey papers

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