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Drawing of a procession on horseback with names inscribed by each of the depicted warriors | Donald Ellis Gallery

Cheyenne Warriors on Horseback

Nokkoist (Bear's Heart), 1851-1882
Bear's Heart and Ohettoint Drawing Book
Cheyenne
Central Plains

ca. 1876

ink, graphite and coloured pencil on paper

height: 8 ⅝"
width: 11 ⅜"

Inventory # CP4470-1

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Inscribed by each of the depicted warriors

PROVENANCE

Gifted by Richard Henry Pratt (1840-1924), commander at Fort Marion, to Bishop Henry Benjamin Whipple (1822-1901) on July 31, 1876
Evangeline Marrs Simpson Whipple (1857-1930)
Roy Henry Robinson, Chicago, IL, acquired from the estate of the above in 1933
by descent in the family

RELATED EXAMPLES

Sketchbooks attributed to Nokkoist (Bear's Heart) and Ohettoint are in the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art, MN, No. 98.151.1 and No. 98.151.2 - See: https://collections.artsmia.org/art/5598/book-of-drawings-bears-heart and https://collections.artsmia.org/art/5599/book-of-drawings-attributed-to-ohet-toint

For detailed histories of the two artists, see "Bear's Heart, The Color-bearer" in Karen Daniels Petersen, Plains Indian Art from Fort Marion, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1971, pgs. 97-109; and "Ohettoint, the Police Officer", pgs. 161-170