A Móra Ferenc Múzeum Évkönyve: Studia Historiae Literarum et Artium, 4. (Szeged, 2004)

Nagy Imre: A Preliminary Report on the Friedman Kein Canvas

a strange, leaning posture. His legs are covered with orange colored leggings, his upper body by a red striped cloth shirt, which is decorated with red cloth fringes at the shoulder - a feature most common, and popular among the Upper Missouri riverine tribes: the Hidatsa, Mandan, and Arikara. His head is covered by an orange colored fur turban - another apparel popular among the Upper Missouri tribes. A bow and a Colt-pistol are in front of his knees. (11)R3C2 A pursuit scene where a White civilian, riding a black horse, runs from the chasing Cheyenne. The White man wears a black vest over a white shirt, and black pants. He holds a pistol in his right hand while turning his head back toward his pursuer. The Cheyenne rides a white horse while he leans forward, thrusting his lance into the left shoulder of the White man. The lance is decorated with a half-red, half-black Hetanehao pennon, and a single eagle tail feather below the lance head, and another eagle feather at the blunt end. The Cheyenne wears a cloth shirt with red stripes, and a black vest. His legs are covered by leggings made from Army pants. He wears a circular pectoral below his neck. (12)R3C3 The mounted Cheyenne counts sequential coups on two US soldiers with a cavalry saber, decorated with an otter skin split in half, and adorned with three pairs of eagle tail feathers. His first victim is visible behind the mounted Cheyenne. The White soldier lies face down on the ground. Below his head small red dashes indicate the blood gushing from his mouth. Above his back is the „flying weapon", suggestive of the time sequence of each coup. The weapon is the saber with the otter skin decoration. The Cheyenne rides a white horse, each ear are decorated with a single eagle feather. The tail of the horse is tied up with red cloth strips, and adorned with a fan of eagle tail feathers. The Cheyenne wears a black shirt, red cloth leggings, and red breechcloth. Around his neck he wears a choker, and a cross-shaped pectoral. There is a red-painted breath feather tied into his hair. In his right hand he holds a carbine. Although no gunfire is indicated, the pedestrian White soldier was probably shot before our hero slashed him with the saber, as there is a small red dash at the soldier's mouth, representing blood, from a serious wound. The „flying" saber is at shoulder height of the soldier. (13)R4C1 Without doubt, an unfinished scene. The standing horse of the Cheyenne hero has no lines to show the front of its neck, and the forelegs are also missing. The dismounted Cheyenne counted coup with the barrel of his gun on the head of a White soldier. The soldier leans forward, holding a gun with both hands. His figure is unfinished too, as there are no marks of his eyes, mouth, or ear. The Cheyenne wears a horned headdress with a long, single trailer of eagle tail feathers, reaching down to the ground. A single buffalo tail is attached to the lower end of the trailer. His upper body is covered by a shirt made from American flags. It is known from 1890s-1900s photographs that Plains Indian tribes made shirts and dresses from US flags (Pohrt 1975: 37, Fig. 28; 46, Fig. 39; 62, Fig. 63; 67, Fig. 72). However, if this drawing 106