Kiowa Vanquishing Navajo

1880

Not on view

Returned to lender

This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.

Plains men made narrative drawings on the pages of ledger books, which were often shared among multiple artists. The books remain a testament to their distinct formal approaches, with each artist identified only by letters. This image has been interpreted as a Kiowa warrior spearing an enemy, perhaps a non-Native captive with a mustache and goatee who was adopted into the Navajo tribe, while a Navajo warrior wielding a knife looks back at the carnage.

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Title: Kiowa Vanquishing Navajo
Artist: Julian Scott Ledger Artist A (Kiowa)
Date: 1880
Geography: United States, Oklahoma, Comanche Indian Reservation
Culture: Ka’igwu (Kiowa)
Medium: Pencil, colored pencil, and ink on paper
Dimensions: H. 7 1/2 × W. 12 in. (19.1 × 30.5 cm)
Classification: Paper-Drawings
Credit Line: Collection of Charles and Valerie Diker (021LD)
Curatorial Department: The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing