Artifact Record Details
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Basic Information |
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| Artifact Identification | War Hide Record (1996.24.0509) | |
| Classification | Communication Artifacts : Documentary Artifact : Diagram | |
| Visual Description | Color pencil diagram of the Battle of Little Big Horn by participant and eyewitness Chief One Bull of the Hunkpapa Lakota, with English descriptions by his daughter Margaret. | |
| Artist/Maker | None | |
| Geographic Location | America, North, United States, South Dakota? North Dakota?, Standing Rock Reservation | |
| Period/Date | , 1934 CE | |
| Culture | Great Plains: Hunkpapa, Lakota Sioux, Native American | |
| Locality/Archaeological Site | Standing Rock Reservation | |
Physical Analysis |
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| Dimension 1 (Length) | 95.0 cm | |
| Dimension 2 (Width) | 93.0 cm | |
| Dimension 3 (Depth) | 2.5 cm | |
| Weight | 284 g | |
| Measuring Remarks | 97± x 79± cm | |
| Materials | Animal--Hide, Pigment--Oil Pencil | |
| Manufacturing Processes | Piercing, Painting, Drawing, Writing | |
| Munsell Color Information | waived | |
Research Remarks |
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| Published Description | N/A | |
| Scholarly Notes | 1/17/2006: "One Bull and his brother when they were 16 or 17 years old when Sitting Bull gave them clubs to battle at the Custer battle. This war record was made by One Bull. There are multiple copies. This was made specifically for the Laubins. It is One Bull's eye witness account. One Bull made it." - Clyde Hall, Shoshone-Bannock tribe, Friend of the Laubins, 1/17/2006 10/27/2004: On Laubin VHS Tape 25 at time counter 11:25. The information below is what Reginald Laubin said about the artifact. "Item #340 – One Bull’s War Record - 1996.24.0509 - One Bull made this for Reginald - Reginald gave the sheepskin to One Bull to make it on - Shows the Custer – Reno fight - Magli (One Bull’s daughter) did the writing on it - Shows 5 camps - Reginald says Indian words (tribe names?) - One Bull made another one of these on canvas that is in the Bismark Museum in ND (not anymore) - Reginald shows on the war record the last horse, the last living thing on the battlefield that was the army’s before the reinforcements came. Shows the Indian with the horse. - Reginald says “Got this all in a movie.”" Tape reviewed and object identified by Carol Kussmann, 7/2004. - CRK 5/17/2004: Another version of the war record can be found at: http://www.artsmia.org/collection/search/art.cfm?id=4708# - CRK 5/12/2004: On VHS tape 25. - CRK | |
| Comparanda | N/A | |
| Bibliography | Photo: "21st Century Museum Visitors & Digital Museum Resources", 12/16/2005. | |
Artifact History |
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| Archaeological Data | N/A | |
| Credit Line/Dedication | Reginald and Gladys Laubin Collection | |
| Reproduction | No | |
| Reproduction Information | N/A | |