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Drawing relating to the "American Indian" series of designs
Designed by: Walter Mitschke (American (born in Germany), 1886–1972)
Designed for: H. R. Mallinson and Company (American, 1915–1936)
Designed for: H. R. Mallinson and Company (American, 1915–1936)
American
about 1927
Object Place: New York, New York, United States
Medium/Technique
Hand drawn pencil on paper, painted in gouache and mounted on board.
Dimensions
Height x width: 22 11/16 x 16 1/4 in. (57.7 x 41.3 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Robert and Joan Brancale
Accession Number2008.1950.5
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
DescriptionResearch drawings.
Items relate to Crow tribe
Pencil notations:
Top center and right corner: Crow, Military Society the Crows
Middle center: (somewhat illegible) hooked stick,
hammer stick,
(?word) hammer Boy's Society
Quiver
Bottom right corner: Crow
Items relate to Crow tribe
Pencil notations:
Top center and right corner: Crow, Military Society the Crows
Middle center: (somewhat illegible) hooked stick,
hammer stick,
(?word) hammer Boy's Society
Quiver
Bottom right corner: Crow
ProvenanceEx-collection Walter Mitschke, New York; by descent to Ethel B. Adams Waldorf; between 1985-90, gift of Waldorf to her neice Joan Brancale, Hingham, MA; gift of Brancale to the MFA (Accession date: December 31, 2008)