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MS 2531 James Mooney notebooks principally regarding Kiowa, Cheyenne, and Arapaho shield and tipi designs

Creator:
Mooney, James, 1861-1921  Search this
Artist:
Murphy, Charles (Cheyenne)  Search this
Sweezy, Carl, 1881-1953  Search this
Names:
Wolf Face (Cheyenne)  Search this
Extent:
15 Volumes (autograph documents, photographs, and graphite, ink, colored pencil, crayon, and watercolor drawings.)
Culture:
Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)  Search this
Kiowa  Search this
Inunaina (Arapaho)  Search this
Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Volumes
Ledger drawings
Date:
bulk ca. 1903-1904
Scope and Contents:
Notes and drawings by Native artists relating to heraldry, as Mooney termed tipi and shield designs. Also some myths and linguistic data from these and other Plains tribes. The manuscript is a compilation of materials created over a period of years, assembled under the current number by the BAE archivist. Bound volumes (since disbound for lamination) were placed under this manuscript number; loose notes and drawings on the same topics were primarily assembled under manuscript number 2538.
Biographical / Historical:
James Mooney (1861-1921) was a self-taught ethnologist. He was employed by the Bureau of American Ethnology from 1885 until his death. In this capacity, he worked extensively among the Cherokee and Kiowa. Among the Kiowa his studies focused on pictorial calendars, the peyote religion, and heraldry, the term he used to refer to the designs on shields and painted tipis. In the course of his study of Kiowa and Cheyenne heraldry, he commissioned illustrations of shield and tipi designs, as well as miniature shields and tipis. For additional biographic information on James Mooney see: Christopher Winters, General Editor, International Dictionary of Anthropologists, Garland Publishing, 1991. Neil M. Judd, The Bureau of American Ethnology - A Partial History, University of Oklahoma Press, 1967. L.G. Moses, The Indian Man - A Biography of James Mooney, University of Nebraska Press, 1984.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 2531

OPPS NEG 57,508-A---521-A

OPPS NEG 71-3046-A

OPPS NEG 71-3046

OPPS NEG 72-1801 CN-1818 CN
Local Note:
The John M. Seger Referred to in Vol VIII (and also in Mooney's peyote files) was a teacher of agricultural methods. Walter Campbell edited his autobiography, "Early Days among the Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians," Univ. of Okla. press. Genevieve Seger, his daughter, lives at Geary, Okla.; she may be a trustee of the Okla. Historical Soc. --Information from Althea Bass, here May 1959.
Mrs. J. H. Bass (Althea Bass) here May 6, 1959, thinks that the "Paul" referred to occasionally in Vols. III, IV, and V may be Paul Boynton, an interpreter who spoke both Cheyenne and Arapaho. His family still lives at El Reno. His father had something to do with the Agency. Paul Boynton is mentioned in one of the letters in Mooney corresponence for 1902-06 (Smithsonian Institution - Bureau of American Ethnology correspondence files.)
Date written on several pages by Mooney; almost certainly drawings done by same artist at same time and place as Ms. 2531, Vol. 10, identified by Mooney as "Drawn by Nakoim' eno = Bear Wings/alias Charles Murphy, Cheyenne Cantonment, Okla."
Album Information:
MS 2531
Topic:
War -- Cheyenne  Search this
Winter counts -- Kiowa  Search this
Cradles -- Kiowa  Search this
Clothing -- Kiowa  Search this
Names, Personal -- Kiowa  Search this
Shields -- Cheyenne  Search this
Camps -- Cheyenne  Search this
Sun Dance -- Cheyenne  Search this
Games -- Cheyenne  Search this
Hide preparation -- Cheyenne  Search this
Folklore -- Kiowa  Search this
Horse trappings -- Cheyenne  Search this
Music -- Kiowa  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Genre/Form:
Ledger drawings
Citation:
Manuscript 2531, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS2531
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MS 2531 James Mooney notebooks principally regarding Kiowa, Cheyenne, and Arapaho shield and tipi designs
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw38a7004b3-148e-4a15-a445-5406d8e34621
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms2531
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James Mooney drawing of beadwork design for Cheyenne cradle, and accompanying notes

Creator:
Mooney, James, 1861-1921  Search this
Collection Creator:
Mooney, James, 1861-1921  Search this
Collection Artist:
Murphy, Charles (Cheyenne)  Search this
Sweezy, Carl, 1881-1953  Search this
Extent:
1 Drawings (visual works) (graphite and colored pencil, 16 x 25 cm.)
Culture:
Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)  Search this
Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Drawings (visual works)
Ledger drawings
Date:
1904
Local Numbers:
NAA INV 08898400

NAA MS 2531, Volume 8
Album Information:
MS 2531-08 017
Genre/Form:
Ledger drawings
Collection Citation:
Manuscript 2531, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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MS 2531 James Mooney notebooks principally regarding Kiowa, Cheyenne, and Arapaho shield and tipi designs
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw35603f792-0306-41d1-8c6c-e406b8881cd0
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-ms2531-ref56

Baby in cradle and two girls

Collection Creator:
Mooney, James, 1861-1921  Search this
Container:
Item KW7.9
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Date:
undated
General:
Identified as Gaapiatan's daughters in unidentified hand on verso
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.

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Collection Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Collection Citation:
Photo Lot 74, James Mooney photographs, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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James Mooney photographs
James Mooney photographs / Kiowa / 7: Photographs by Others / Photos by Hutchins & Lenny
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3fdc76095-cfd2-4e92-8db5-d41d4f040501
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-74-ref200

Fancy Cradle, Beaded

Collector:
Maj. James M. Bell  Search this
Donor Name:
Maj. James M. Bell  Search this
Culture:
Kiowa  Search this
Object Type:
Cradle / Doll
Place:
Fort Sill, Comanche County, Oklahoma, United States, North America
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
028804
USNM Number:
EL77-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/360470500-5964-4c86-a843-d434dda271d4
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8492479
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Comanche man, Quanah Parker and family

Names:
Wanada  Search this
Extent:
1 Photograph (5x7 in)
Culture:
Niuam (Comanche)  Search this
Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Place:
Oklahoma -- Kiowa Reservation
Date:
ca 1894
Scope and Contents:
Seated, under trees or arbor. Old man, young man, Quanah, girl, woman. Empty cradle in background. Young girl sitting to right of Quanah Parker identified as Wanada, daughter of Quanah by his first wife, Weckeah. The others are not members of the Parker family. Information from Mrs Ella Cox Lutz, granddaughter of Quanah Parker, visitor 2/16/71.
Local Numbers:
OPPS NEG.42932 J
Local Note:
Black and white copy negative
Genre/Form:
Photographs
See more items in:
Bureau of American Ethnology negatives
Bureau of American Ethnology negatives / Additional Materials / ANONYMOUS
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3b0f4c527-3aba-4b08-a9a0-798b5b47af9e
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-176-ref7583

Baby in cradle

Extent:
1 Photograph (4 1/2x6 1/2 in)
Culture:
Kiowa  Search this
Niuam (Comanche)  Search this
Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Place:
Oklahoma -- Kiowa Reservation
Date:
ca 1894
Scope and Contents:
Diamond decoration on cradle. White baby (?)
Local Numbers:
OPPS NEG.42930 G
Local Note:
Black and white copy negative
Genre/Form:
Photographs
See more items in:
Bureau of American Ethnology negatives
Bureau of American Ethnology negatives / Additional Materials / ANONYMOUS
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw329e7e673-22fc-4c3d-960d-0df65bd5bb12
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-176-ref9539

Kiowa ? baby in cradle

Extent:
1 Photograph (4 1/2x6 1/2 in)
Culture:
Kiowa  Search this
Niuam (Comanche)  Search this
Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Place:
Oklahoma -- Kiowa Reservation
Date:
ca 1894
Local Numbers:
OPPS NEG.42930 K
Local Note:
Black and white copy negative
Genre/Form:
Photographs
See more items in:
Bureau of American Ethnology negatives
Bureau of American Ethnology negatives / Additional Materials / ANONYMOUS
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw33a0cec1a-b18d-4633-bafc-662a1d91079c
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-176-ref9541

Portrait of Kiowa woman with child in cradle

Names:
Woodard, Elma Tachina  Search this
Woodard, Lizzie  Search this
Extent:
1 Photograph (4 1/2x6 1/2 in)
Culture:
Kiowa  Search this
Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Place:
Oklahoma -- Kiowa Reservation
Date:
ca 1894
Scope and Contents:
Woman standing. Hair bound or braided; striped blanket. Studio backdrop: trees and mountains. For identical cradle in print by George W. Bretz, 1894, cf. Negative 42996 C.
Biographical / Historical:
Lizzie Woodard, Oliver Woodard's mother, "Zah-tell. --Letter of Dr E. R. Rhoades (part Kiowa), Oklahoma City, 3/28/60.
Local Numbers:
OPPS NEG.42931 B
Local Note:
Cf. negative number 56831, same child in cradleboard taken on same occasion and identified as Elma Tachina Woodard. Photo. taken by Irwin and Mankins, Chickasha and Duncan, I. T.
Black and white copy negative
Genre/Form:
Photographs
See more items in:
Bureau of American Ethnology negatives
Bureau of American Ethnology negatives / Additional Materials / ANONYMOUS
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3304cf7a5-f1e4-4393-85a2-b506175ca7d2
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-176-ref9544

Portrait of small Kiowa ? boy and baby in cradle

Extent:
1 Photograph (4 1/2x6 1/2 in)
Culture:
Kiowa  Search this
Niuam (Comanche)  Search this
Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Place:
Oklahoma -- Kiowa Reservation
Date:
ca 1894
Scope and Contents:
Native dress. May be studio of George W. Bretz, Fort Sill, Oklahoma.
Local Numbers:
OPPS NEG.42931 H
Local Note:
Black and white copy negative
Genre/Form:
Photographs
See more items in:
Bureau of American Ethnology negatives
Bureau of American Ethnology negatives / Additional Materials / ANONYMOUS
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3b33861c5-7469-4dfb-ad98-ba8ce53f998a
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-176-ref9548

Young Kiowa ? girl with toy cradle

Extent:
1 Photograph (4 1/2x6 1/2 in)
Culture:
Kiowa  Search this
Niuam (Comanche)  Search this
Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Place:
Oklahoma -- Kiowa Reservation
Date:
ca 1894
Scope and Contents:
Seated on blanketed chair outside tipi. Native dress, with cowry-shell decoration; crucifix. White doll in cradle.
Local Numbers:
OPPS NEG.42931 N
Local Note:
Black and white copy negative
Genre/Form:
Photographs
See more items in:
Bureau of American Ethnology negatives
Bureau of American Ethnology negatives / Additional Materials / ANONYMOUS
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw395755363-424f-4960-89e6-a1d267579720
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-176-ref9549

Kiowa woman, with child in cradle

Names:
Yea'gya taup  Search this
Extent:
1 Photograph (4 1/2x6 1/2 in)
Culture:
Kiowa  Search this
Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Place:
Oklahoma -- Kiowa Reservation
Date:
ca 1894
Scope and Contents:
Standing by large tree. Buckskin dress.
Biographical / Historical:
Yea'gya taup - mother of Homer Buffalo, in Apache dress. See 43906 D - woman 8th from left. --Letter of Dr E. R. Rhoades (part Kiowa), Oklahoma City, 3/28/60 and 5/17/60.
Local Numbers:
OPPS NEG.42933 D
Local Note:
Black and white copy negative
Genre/Form:
Photographs
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Bureau of American Ethnology negatives
Bureau of American Ethnology negatives / Additional Materials / ANONYMOUS
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3ffb6566a-4149-4643-b8a2-0230fcfc3582
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-176-ref9560

Dacon, Kiowa medicine man, with two wives and baby in cradle

Extent:
1 Photograph (4 1/2x6 1/2 in)
Culture:
Kiowa  Search this
Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Local Numbers:
OPPS NEG.43906 C
Local Note:
Black and white copy negative
Genre/Form:
Photographs
See more items in:
Bureau of American Ethnology negatives
Bureau of American Ethnology negatives / Additional Materials / ANONYMOUS
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3bb75a1f0-84ae-494f-ba35-4bc05ac292f9
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-176-ref9568

Six Kiowa children; girl with doll in toy cradle

Creator:
Irwin  Search this
Extent:
1 Photograph (4 1/2x6 1/2 in)
Culture:
Kiowa  Search this
Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Place:
Indian Territory -- Chickasha
Date:
1892- ca 1894
Biographical / Historical:
Some time in 1895 the Irwin firm became Irwin & Mankin; the establishment was called the "Blue Tent Gallery." Chickasha was founded in 1892. (Riley, correspondence).
Local Numbers:
OPPS NEG.46962 A
Local Note:
Irwin, Chickasha, Ind. Terr. (imprinted on original mount.)
An original print of this photo. was lent to us by Mrs John A. Osborn, Severna Park, Md. (details on file), but not copied. The original number 46 appeared on the face of this print. An imprint on the mount of the photo. credited "Irwin and Mankins, Chickasha and Duncan, I. T." Handwritten on reverse of print by Mrs H. H. Bailey, ca. 1950's: "Kiowa children and camp in background. They lived on the Indian Reservation near Anadarko, Indian Ter."
See also negative 56386, several of the same children, taken on same occasion.
Black and white copy negative
Genre/Form:
Photographs
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Bureau of American Ethnology negatives
Bureau of American Ethnology negatives / Additional Materials / Irwin
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3ccd1e909-50e4-48f4-8b45-2d4e994ab242
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-176-ref9572

Kiowa woman holding baby; cradle on ground

Creator:
Irwin  Search this
Extent:
1 Photograph (4 1/2x6 1/2 in)
Culture:
Kiowa  Search this
Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Place:
Indian Territory -- Chickasha
Date:
1892- ca 1894
Biographical / Historical:
Some time in 1895 the Irwin firm became Irwin & Mankin; the establishment was called the "Blue Tent Gallery." Chickasha was founded in 1892. (Riley, correspondence). Original Number 112.
Local Numbers:
OPPS NEG.46962 E
Local Note:
Irwin, Chickasha, Ind. Terr. (imprinted on original mount.)
Black and white copy negative
Genre/Form:
Photographs
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Bureau of American Ethnology negatives
Bureau of American Ethnology negatives / Additional Materials / Irwin
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw301019525-21bb-4cd5-9068-bd5bf12345b8
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-176-ref9576

Baby in carrying cradle

Extent:
1 Photograph (3x4 in)
Culture:
Kiowa  Search this
Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Local Numbers:
OPPS NEG.54739
Local Note:
Black and white copy negative
Genre/Form:
Photographs
See more items in:
Bureau of American Ethnology negatives
Bureau of American Ethnology negatives / Additional Materials / ANONYMOUS
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3402cb3c9-4c7b-414b-8812-00f081a5a402
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-176-ref9583

Doll with cradle/cradleboard

Culture/People:
probably Kiowa (attributed)  Search this
Donor:
Binnie Thom, Non-Indian  Search this
Bill Thom, Non-Indian  Search this
Previous owner:
Binnie Thom, Non-Indian  Search this
Bill Thom, Non-Indian  Search this
Louis M. Wood (Louis Morris Hopkins Wood), Non-Indian, 1846-1920  Search this
Honoree:
Dorothy L. Thom (Dorothy Lysaght Thom/Mrs. Edward B. Thom), Non-Indian, 1914-1996  Search this
Object Name:
Doll with cradle/cradleboard
Media/Materials:
Ceramic doll, wood, hide, canvas, glass bead/beads, cotton cloth, hide thong/babiche, paint
Techniques:
Sewn, lazy/lane stitch beadwork, painted, laced
Dimensions:
43.0 x 14.2 x 103.0 cm
Object Type:
Games, Toys, Gambling: Dolls
Place:
Oklahoma; USA (inferred)
Date created:
circa 1890
Catalog Number:
26/8019
Barcode:
268019.000
See related items:
Kiowa
Games, Toys, Gambling: Dolls
Data Source:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6942841a3-163d-44e3-8383-cc9d027fbafd
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:NMAI_389171

Doll with cradle/cradleboard

Culture/People:
Kiowa  Search this
Previous owner:
Joe F. Haines (Joseph Forrest Haines), Non-Indian, 1904-1978  Search this
Object Name:
Doll with cradle/cradleboard
Media/Materials:
Wood, hide, ceramic doll head, glass bead/beads, cotton cloth, paint
Techniques:
Sewn, lazy/lane stitch beadwork, painted
Dimensions:
49.5 x 17.8 cm
Object Type:
Games, Toys, Gambling: Dolls
Place:
Anadarko; Caddo County; Oklahoma; USA
Date created:
circa 1885
Catalog Number:
23/6804
Barcode:
236804.000
See related items:
Kiowa
Games, Toys, Gambling: Dolls
Data Source:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws616a53582-4ef9-4cc3-8a5d-24af505fc8a8
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:NMAI_252286

RSVP Postcard for Exhibits

Author:
Unknown  Search this
Subject:
National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.)  Search this
Physical description:
Number of Images: 2; Color: Color; Size: 6.9w x 4.9h; Type of Image: Postcard; Medium: Paper
Type:
Postcard
Paper
Date:
2001
Topic:
Postcard  Search this
Exhibitions  Search this
Kiowa Indians  Search this
Artists  Search this
Special events  Search this
Special events--Marketing  Search this
Standard number:
SIA2013-07878 (front) and SIA2013-07879 (back)
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_14010
Online Media:

Cradle Ornament

Donor Name:
No Information  Search this
Culture:
Kiowa (?)  Search this
Object Type:
Cradle
Accession Date:
1991
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
999999
USNM Number:
ET10463-0
See more items in:
Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3d684ef7d-b97c-4f07-a73e-c1312ff09df1
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8492732

Cradleboard

Collector:
Victor J. Evans  Search this
Donor Name:
Victor J. Evans  Search this
Culture:
Kiowa  Search this
Object Type:
Cradle
Place:
Plains, United States, North America
Accession Date:
20 Mar 1931
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
113605
USNM Number:
ET17306-0
See more items in:
Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e2b96067-34cf-49ff-80af-a48b43eff831
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8497297
Online Media:

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