Battle of the Greasy Grass/Battle of Little Bighorn

Object/Artifact

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St. Joseph Museums

143/3586 Pictograph overall 1: Copyright: St. Joseph Museums, Inc.; Origsize: 35 x 87; Origformat: Artifact; Resolution: 150
143/3586 Pictograph overall 1

Copyright: St. Joseph Museums, Inc.; Origsize: 35 x 87; Origformat: Artifact; Resolution: 150

Name/Title

Battle of the Greasy Grass/Battle of Little Bighorn

Entry/Object ID

143/3586

Description

DEPICTS BATTLE AT LITTLE BIG HORN/Artist was partcipant in the battle depicted at the age of 16

Collection

NATIVE AMERICAN

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Stephen Standing Bear

Role

Artist

Place

Continent

North America

Ethnography

Cultural Region

State/Province

South Dakota

Culture/Tribe

Miniconjou
Native American

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Pictograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Width

35 in

Length

87 in

Parts

Count

1

Material

MUSLIN

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

L2018.036.00001, L2020.001.00097, L9999.999.03795

Provenance

Notes

PER AN AFFIDAVIT OF FEB. 27, 1919. I, T W COMER OF GORDON, NEBRASKA. .. THAT I HAVE BEEN FOR MANY YEARS PAST A LICENSED INDIAN TRADER ON THE PINE RIDGE RESERVATION AT PORCUPINE, S. DAKOTA WHICH I S NEAR THE BATTLE GROUND OF WOUNDED KNEE.. THAT I SECURED THE PICTOGRAPH SOMETIME DURING THE YEAR OF 1890 FROM STANDING BEAR, WHO PAINTED THE SAME, IT BEING HIS IDEA OF THE BATTLE OF THE LITTLE BIG HORN OR CUSTERS LAST BATTLE.. THAT I SOLD THIS PICTOGRAPH TO ALLEN A. STRONG OF GORDON, NEBRASKA IN THE THE SUMMER OF 1918.