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Fort Reno Ledger Drawing

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A couple finds privacy wrapped in a blanket decorated with a beadwork strip and covered by an umbrella. The man's beautiful spotted horse waits nearby. From the article: Preserving History in the Southern Plains: Cheyenne and Arapaho Ledger Drawings from Fort Reno, Plains Indian Art, Created in Community. Emma I. Hansen, Curator Emerita and Senior Scholar for the Buffalo Bill Center of the West, 2016.

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Title(s): 
Fort Reno Ledger Drawing
Creator(s): 
Unknown
Culture: 
Native American; Arapaho, Cheyenne
Date: 
1887
Dimensions: 
Overall: 12 1/2 (L) × 7 1/2 in. (W) (31.8 × 19.1 cm)
Classification: 
Drawings
Object Type: 
Ledger Drawing
Credit Line: 
Gilcrease Museum/The University of Tulsa
Accession No: 
4526.11.76
Department: 
Archive
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