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Coloured pencil Ledger Drawing depicting two Native American warriors and a horse | Donald Ellis Gallery

Ledger Drawing

attributed to Cehupa (Jaw) also known as Okicize Tawa (His Fight), ca. 1850-1924
Macnider Ledger (pg. 166)
Lakota
Northern Plains

ca. 1880

graphite and coloured pencil on lined paper

height: 5 ¾"
width: 14 ½"

Inventory # P4059-166

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The Macnider Ledger Book is an important discovery in the field of Plains Ledger Art following its discovery at a local courthouse auction over 130 years after it was produced.

Provenance 

John Macnider, son of the owner/operator of the Fort Yates Trading Post in North Dakota 1876-1896