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Drawing (unfinished)

Object Details

Collection History
Traced or copied from an original Native drawing between 1880 and 1881, probably by Captain John G. Bourke (1846-1896); inherited by his widow Mary Horbach Bourke (1861-1927); donated to MAI by one of the Bourkes' daughters, Anna Bourke Richardson (1887-1976), in 1963.
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Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Culture/People
probably Non-Indian (attributed)
Artist/Maker
Yellow Nose (Hehuwésse/Little Robe), Northern Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)/Ute, ca. 1848-1910 and Captain John Gregory Bourke, Non-Indian, 1846-1896
Collector
Captain John Gregory Bourke, Non-Indian, 1846-1896
Previous owner
Anna Bourke Richardson (Mrs. Alexander H. Richardson/Mrs. A. H. Richardson), Non-Indian, 1887-1976
Donor
Anna Bourke Richardson (Mrs. Alexander H. Richardson/Mrs. A. H. Richardson), Non-Indian, 1887-1976
Previous owner
Captain John Gregory Bourke, Non-Indian, 1846-1896
Mary Horbach Bourke (Mary F. Bourke/Mrs. John G. Bourke), Non-Indian, 1861-1927
Date created
1879-1880
Object Name
Drawing (unfinished)
Media/Materials
Tissue paper, graphite, ink
Techniques
Drawn, colored, painted
Dimensions
38 x 25.5 cm
Object Type
Painting/Drawing/Print
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