On the Lookout for Game
On the Lookout for Game
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- Description
- Koba, aka Wild Horse,
- drawn between 1875 and 1878 at Fort Marion, Florida
- "On the Lookout for Game"
- Collected by Richard Henry Pratt about 1878
- Colored pencil, ink, and watercolor
- This illustration by Koba shows a band of Kiowa traveling to the right. Both men and women carry various supplies, bow and quiver cases, rifles, and umbrellas (a popular trade item). The route of the band is imaged using dashes on the ground. A scout keeps a lookout on the highest hill. The Kiowa hunt on foot, in the old way, though they use both old and new weapons.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- drawing
- ledger drawing
- Object Type
- Drawings
- Other Terms
- drawing; Watercolor
- date made
- ca 1875-1878
- original artist
- Koba
- Place Made
- United States: Florida, Anastasia Island, Fort Marion
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 12.7 cm x 20.5 cm; 5 in x 8 1/16 in
- ID Number
- 2008.0175.58
- accession number
- 2008.0175
- catalog number
- 2008.0175.058
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- Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
- Cultures & Communities
- Military
- Communications
- Ledger Drawings
- Art
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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