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CAMP: Three Red and Blue/Black Painted Tipis; Blank Page

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Right: Blank Left: Three painted tipis: One blue with black markings and smokehole; one red below with gray or black markings and blue smokehole; one red-and-blue design with a red smokehole. Three tipis fill the page, all with distinct designs. All have pencil outlines of the triangle forming the tipi plus a cross separating the four sections of the structure, smoke flap, and five poles above. The last tipi, furthest to the viewer’s left, has a three vertical layers of black circular shapes. These three tipis fill the page. Designs of the other two are not clear. Media: Pencil outlines and details with fill of red watercolor, blue crayon, and black ink


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The cover inscription reads: "Pictures drawn by Wild Hog and other northern Cheyenne Indian Chiefs while in th...

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Plate No: 29
Page No: 54-55
Media: Pencil, watercolor, ink
Dimensions: 3.25 x 5 in (8.5 x 12.75 cm)
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Kansas Historical Society/kansasmemory.org
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