In Pursuit of Game
- Description
- Shave Head, or O-uk-ste-uh (Cheyenne),
- drawn between 1875 and 1878 at Fort Marion, Florida
- “In Pursuit of Game”
- Collected by Richard Henry Pratt about 1878
- Pencil, colored pencil, ink and colored ink
- This drawing shows two Cheyenne warriors hiding and hunting in a wooded area. Buffalo, elk, a turkey, and a flying bird are present. One of the warriors points his rifle towards the elk and buffalo. The other warrior aims his arrow at the flying bird.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- drawing
- Object Type
- Engraving
- date made
- ca 1875-1878
- original artist
- Shave Head
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 11.4 cm x 18 cm; 4 1/2 in x 7 1/16 in
- Place Made
- United States: Florida, Anastasia Island, Fort Marion
- ID Number
- 2008.0175.55
- accession number
- 2008.0175
- catalog number
- 2008.0175.055
- subject
- Ledger Drawings
- Communications
- Art
- Cultures & Communities
- Military
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- Culture and the Arts: Graphic Arts
- Ledger Drawings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
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