Kiowa Chiefs on a Visit to the Agent

Julian Scott Ledger Artist B

ca. 1880 · Pencil, colored pencil, and ink on paper · The American Wing

The group of men depicted here may have been a delegation that visited a U.S. government agent at Fort Sill in Oklahoma, which was then called Indian Territory. The first figure has a distinct painting of a bison head on his chin. He holds a decorated otter skin and stands apart from the rest with a Peace Medal—medallions distributed by the government to Indian representatives as negotiation tools—around his neck. The figure near the center front is wearing what appears to be a military dress coat with a saber and scabbard at his hip. He and three other members of the group hold eagle feather fans.

Artist

Julian Scott Ledger Artist B

Date

ca. 1880

Medium

Pencil, colored pencil, and ink on paper

Culture

Kiowa, Native American

Department

The American Wing

Credit line

The Charles and Valerie Diker Collection of Native American Art, Promised Gift of Charles and Valerie Diker