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Cha-Ki-Shi: Study of Meskwaki housing
Cha-Ki-Shi: Study of Meskwaki housing
Cha-Ki-Shi: Study of Meskwaki housing

Cha-Ki-Shi: Study of Meskwaki housing

Artist / Maker (Danish - American, 1885 - 1961)
Datec. 1936
MediumWatercolor on paper
Dimensions11 × 8 1/2 in. (27.9 × 21.6 cm)
ClassificationsDrawings
Credit LineGift of Charlotte Petersen to Special Collections, Iowa State University Library. Transferred to University Museums. In the Christian Petersen Art Collection, Christian Petersen Art Museum, University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.
Object numberUM99.99
Status
Not on view
CultureAmerican
Label TextFor schoolbook Cha-Ki-Shi by Bessie Coon and Halla Rhode, published by Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, in 1936 for elementary school children, with illustrations by Petersen.
SignedSigned: CP chop mark, various dimensions and instructions
Locations
  • (not entered)  Iowa State University, Christian Petersen Art Museum
Cha-Ki-Shi: Study for the cover
Object Name: Drawing with watercolor
Christian Petersen
c. 1936
Object number: UM99.133
Cha-Ki-Shi: Studies of Meskwaki accessories
Object Name: Drawings
Christian Petersen
c. 1936
Object number: UM99.109ab
Cha-Ki-Shi: Studies of Meskwaki accessories
Object Name: Drawing
Christian Petersen
1936
Object number: UM99.100
Cha-Ki-Shi: Studies of Cha-Ki-Shi
Object Name: Drawing
Christian Petersen
c. 1936
Object number: UM99.105
Cha-Ki-Shi: Preparatory studies
Object Name: Drawing
Christian Petersen
c. 1936
Object number: UM99.103
Cha-Ki-Shi: Bearclaw Necklace
Object Name: Drawing
Christian Petersen
c. 1936
Object number: UM99.124
Cha-Ki-Shi: Ba-wi-shi-ka Dressed for the Dance
Object Name: Drawing / Watercolor
Christian Petersen
c. 1936
Object number: UM99.135
Cha-Ki-Shi: Ba-wi-shi-ka Dressed for the Dance
Object Name: Drawing / Watercolor
Christian Petersen
1936
Object number: UM99.120
Cha-Ki-Shi: Rearing horse
Object Name: Drawing
Christian Petersen
c. 1936
Object number: UM99.102
Cha-Ki-Shi: Meskwaki family in their wickiup
Object Name: Drawing with watercolor
Christian Petersen
c. 1936
Object number: UM99.101
Cha-Ki-Shi: Cha-Ki-Shi with Her Doll
Object Name: Drawing / Watercolor
Christian Petersen
c. 1936
Object number: UM99.129
Cha-Ki-Shi
Object Name: Book
Christian Petersen
1936
Object number: UM2009.205