Pictograph
Name/Title
PictographEntry/Object ID
143/3373 ADescription
ONE OF A PAIR OF PICTOGRAPHS ENTITLED INDIAN HISTORY, HLG PURCHASED THEM AS ONE ITEM FROM NICK CARTER, SEE PROVENANCE, HLG SENT THEM TO THE PINE RIDGE INDIAN RESERVATION SHORTLY AFTER HE PURCHASE IN 1915 TO SEE IF THE MAKER OF THE PICTOGRAPH COULD BE IDENTIFIED. THE INDIAN CHIEFS THAT LOOKED AT IT COULD NOT IDENTIFY A MAKER. THEY CONTAIN MULTIPLE SCENES OF INDIAN LIFE; BATTLES, CEREMONIES, HUNTS, ETC. THEY WERE SEPARATED BY 1929 AT THE STATE MUSEUM OR BY HLG PRIOR TO THEIR LOAN TO THE STATE MUSEUM. INDEX NOTE: PICTOGRAPH RETURNED FROM NELSON-ATKINS MUSEUM OF ART DEC. 2019 WHERE IT HAD BEEN LOANED SINCE 1961.Collection
Harry L. George CollectionMade/Created
Place
Continent
North AmericaEthnography
Cultural Region
Region
Great PlainsContinent
North AmericaCulture/Tribe
Oceti Sakowin
Native American