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Ledger Narratives: The Plains Indian Drawings in the Mark Lansburgh Collection at Dartmouth College Volume 6

Ledger Narratives: The Plains Indian Drawings in the Mark Lansburgh Collection at Dartmouth College Volume 6

Jordan, Michael Paul
Palmer, Vera B.
Calloway, Colin G.

Paperback

Series: New Directions in Native American Studies, Book 8

Drawing InstructionGeneral ArtIndigenous Art of the Americas

ISBN10: 0806142987
ISBN13: 9780806142982
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: Nov 20 2012
Pages: 292
Weight: 3.50
Height: 1.00 Width: 8.90 Depth: 11.20
Language: English
The largest known collection of ledger art ever acquired by one individual is Mark Lansburgh's diverse assemblage of more than 140 drawings, now held by the Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College and catalogued in this important book. The Cheyennes, Crows, Kiowas, Lakotas, and other Plains peoples created the genre known as ledger art in the mid-nineteenth century. Before that time, these Indians had chronicled the heroic achievements of their warriors and chiefs on rock, buffalo robes, and tipi covers. As they came into increasing contact with American traders, the artists recorded their experiences in pencil and crayon drawings on paper bound in ledger or account books. The drawings became known as ledger art.

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