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COURTING: Woman in Red Blanket, Man in Blue Blanket with Tomahawk

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Vertical COURTING: Woman in Red Blanket, Man in Blue Blanket with Tomahawk The man and woman are arranged with the man foregrounded and the woman on a diagonal above, or behind, him. They face each other. The man has dark-shaded hair (black crayon) and the braid on his shoulder is wrapped in red trade cloth. A tomahawk shows from beneath his solid blue blanket. The weapon has two streamers dangling from the handle. His dark (pencil-shaded) leggings and breechclout flaps are similar to those in previous plates of this ledger (25 and others). The woman has a long, dark (black crayon) braid falling down her shoulder. Her leggings and blanket are made of the same red-dyed trade cloth. Decorative dress edging shows beneath her blanket�black with undyed selvedge edge to create a stripe.


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Provenance: Drawn in 1879 by Northern Cheyenne leader Wild Hog (incorrectly denoted as "Hagetta" in the text) ...

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Plate No: 26
Page No: 30
Media: Lead pencil outlines, details, fill; red, black, and blue crayon
Dimensions: 13x9 cm, single column
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The Sch�yen Collection. London and Oslo. http://www.schoyencollection.com/aboutus.html
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