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Catalog Data

Creator:
Bushotter, George, 1864-1892  Search this
Collector:
Dorsey, James Owen, 1848-1895  Search this
Collection Creator:
Dorsey, James Owen, 1848-1895  Search this
Extent:
1 Drawings (visual works) (graphite and colored pencil on paper, mounted on backing, 23 x 29 cm.)
Container:
Box 9, Item 105
Culture:
Lakota (Teton/Western Sioux)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Drawings (visual works)
Ledger drawings
Date:
1887
Scope and Contents:
Drawing also depicts 8 people shown at base, two groups of people on either side. Inscriptions read "Sketched by Bushotter" and "Felling the Mystery Tree."
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.08730000 NAA MS.4800: 105
Funding note:
Digitization and preparation of these materials for online access has been funded through generous support from the Arcadia Fund.
Album Information:
MS 4800-105 008
Collection Restrictions:
The James O. Dorsey Papers are open for research. Access to the James O. Dorsey Papers requires an appointment
Collection Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Genre/Form:
Ledger drawings
Collection Citation:
Manuscript 4800 James O. Dorsey papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
See more items in:
MS 4800 James O. Dorsey papers
MS 4800 James O. Dorsey papers / Series 1: Siouan-Catawban / 1.2: Dakota / George Bushotter drawings to accompany his work on Lakota Tetons
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3eba224ba-162f-4159-92a6-65d4cef69495
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-ms4800-ref1835