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Maffet Ledger

ca. 1874–81
Not on view
The Maffet Ledger, a book of 105 drawings created by as many as 22 Northern and Southern Cheyenne warrior artists, records their exploits in battle. Among these contributors is Howling Wolf (1849–1927), a noted Southern Cheyenne artist and one of those imprisoned at Fort Marion in Saint Augustine, Florida, from 1875 to 1878 for resisting expansion onto the Southern Plains. George West Maffet Sr. (1856–1924), editor and proprietor of The Cheyenne Transporter, a journal published in Darlington, Indian Territory (now Oklahoma), acquired and bound the drawings.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Maffet Ledger
  • Date: ca. 1874–81
  • Geography: United States, Oklahoma
  • Culture: Southern and Northern Cheyenne
  • Medium: Paper, graphite, watercolor, crayon
  • Dimensions: H. 11 3/4 x W. 5 1/4 x D. 1 in. (29.8 x 13.3 x 2.5 cm)
  • Classification: Paper-Drawings
  • Credit Line: The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Purchase, Nelson A. Rockefeller Gift, 1968
  • Object Number: 1978.412.207 (1–182)
  • Curatorial Department: The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing

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Maffet Ledger: Indian Shooting Gun, Graphite, watercolor, and crayon on paper, Southern and Northern Cheyenne
Maffet Ledger: Indian Shooting Gun
Southern and Northern Cheyenne
ca. 1874–81
Maffet Ledger: Wounded Mountain Lions, Graphite, watercolor, and crayon on paper, Southern and Northern Cheyenne
Maffet Ledger: Wounded Mountain Lions
Southern and Northern Cheyenne
ca. 1874–81
Maffet Ledger: Pencil sketch of two horses and man
Southern and Northern Cheyenne
ca. 1874–81
A Man Receiving Power from Two Spirit Animals, Wohaw Native American, Graphite and crayon on paper, Kiowa
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A Man Receiving Power from Two Spirit Animals
Wohaw
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Dream or Vision of Himself Changed to a Destroyer or Riding a Buffalo Eagle, Black Hawk Native American, Ink and graphite on paper, Sans Arc Lakota (Teton Sioux)
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Dream or Vision of Himself Changed to a Destroyer or Riding a Buffalo Eagle
Black Hawk
1880–1881

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