Drawings
MS 3276-b Drawings by students at McCarty's Day School, San Felipe Day School, Seama Day School, and U.S. Indian Vocational School (Albuquerque)
The collection consists of eighteen (18) artworks by students of Indian schools in New Mexico, including McCarty's Day School, San Felipe Day School, Seama Day School, and U.S. Indian Vocational School (Albuquerque). Sixteen (16) of the items are watercolor, pencil, and/or crayon drawings, and two (2) are representations of pottery made from colored paper and glue. The names, ages, grades, and schools of some of the children are recorded on some of the items. Subjects depicted include pottery, abstract designs, weaving, and dances.
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NAA MS 3276-b
Received by Bureau of American Ethnology from Lillie McCoy, Room 3118, Office of Indian Affairs, Washington, D. C. in May 1927.
MS 3276-b Drawings by students at McCarty's Day School, San Felipe Day School, Seama Day School, and U.S. Indian Vocational School (Albuquerque), National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution