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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | [Drawings depicting the burial place of "Cadunce" a Chippewa Indian "Medicine Man", a Navajo sand painting and Crow stone paintings] |
| Artist | Grossman, A. |
| Date | View date in the chronology |
| Document Type | Art |
| Description | The first drawing shows the "burial place of "Cadunce" a Chippewa Indian "Medicine Man"", which is "125 miles east of Deluth, on the north shore of Lake Superior". The second drawing is titled "Colored Plate - How the Navajo maiden is learned to weave" and shows a Navajo sand painting used by medicine men. The third drawing shows Indian stone art. |
| Names | Plenty Coups (1848-1932) |
| Places | Lake Superior, Chicago, Illinois, United States |
| Keywords | burial, tomb, medicine man, ceremony, ritual, chief, health, art, indigenous peoples, art |
| Theme | Observation, Representation and Cultural Encounters |
| Tribe / Nation | Go to Tribes and Nations page |
| Culture Area | Great Plains, Northeast |
| Additional Information |
Additional note on verso of first drawing reads: "Cadunce died March 12th -'84 - And is believed by the tribe to appear to them at the end of seven years from the time of his death." Plenty Coups was a Crow chief during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. |
| Library | The Newberry Library |
| Copyright | The Newberry Library |
| Collection | The Edward E. Ayer Collection |
| Reference | Ayer Art Box 2 |