PICTOGRAPH

Object/Artifact

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St. Joseph Museums

143-3370 Pictograph: Copyright: St. Joseph Museums, Inc.
143-3370 Pictograph

Copyright: St. Joseph Museums, Inc.

Name/Title

PICTOGRAPH

Entry/Object ID

143/3370

Description

HIDE/PAINTED/ 6 BUFFALO, 5 INDIANS ON HORSES, HUMP PAINTED THIS ON TANNED SKIN ABOUT A BUFFALO HUNT THAT HE WAS ACTUALLY INVOLVED IN AND IN WHICH HE WAS GORED IN THE BACK. HIS ORIGINAL NAME WAS "PLENTY MEAT", BUT HE CHANGED IT TO HUMP AFTER HE WAS INJURED.

Collection

NATIVE AMERICAN

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Hump aka Plenty Meat

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

Parts

Count

1

Material

BUFFALO HIDE

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Provenance

Notes

BEATRICE CREAMERY CO.; LINCOLN, NEB HLG LEDGER VO. II, pp. 256B, ITEM IS DISCUSSED THROUGHOUT THE PAGE. LETTER DATE 4/14/1914 MANY OTHER REFERENCES TO THIS PICTOGRAPH IN VERN THORNBURGH'S LETTERS TO HARRY. 256E