Object Details
- Local Numbers
- NAA MS 39D-2
- Creator
- Tichkematse, 1857-1932
- Place
- North America
- Creator
- Tichkematse, 1857-1932
- Culture
- Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)
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- MS 39-d-2 Drawings by Tichkematse and others
- Biographical Note
- Tichkematse (also known as Squint Eyes and Quchkeimus) (1857-1932) was among the men held prisoner at Fort Marion in Saint Augustine, Florida, from 1875-1878. While imprisoned, he learned to speak English and to read and write. Upon release he attended school at the Hampton Institute in Virginia for about a year before coming to work at the Smithsonian, primarily preparing bird and mammal specimens. During his time at the Smithsonian, he also produced drawings illustrating his old life on the Plains. In 1880 he returned to the Cheyenne and Arapaho Reservation in what is now Oklahoma, but he continued his affiliation with the Smithsonian, collecting bird and mammal specimens as well as craft items acquired from Cheyenne friends and relatives, which he shipped to the museum.
- Extent
- 13 Drawings (visual works) (graphite, crayon, watercolor, and ink; laminated)
- Date
- undated
- Archival Repository
- National Anthropological Archives
- Identifier
- NAA.MS39D2
- Type
- Collection descriptions
- Archival materials
- Drawings (visual works)
- Works of art
- Ledger drawings
- Drawings
- Citation
- MS 39D-2 Drawings by Tichkematse and others, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
- Rights
- Contact the repository for terms of use
- Genre/Form
- Works of art
- Ledger drawings
- Drawings
- Scope and Contents
- The colletion consists of thirteen (13) drawings, primarily scenes of warfare. Most of the drawings were heavily water and mildew damaged; all have been laminated. Several drawings have been attributed to the Cheyenne artist Tichkematse on the basis of style, and two others are inscribed with names that have been identified as Cheyenne. Three are from an unknown Plains tribe. One drawings contains copies of scenes appearing in the Bloody Knife robe pictures in MS 2372. One drawing depicts two Fijian figures drawn in a Western style. Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or National Anthropological Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.
- Restrictions
- The collection is open for research. Access to the collection requires an appointment.
- Record ID
- ebl-1538128853644-1538128853648-0
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