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Coloured pencil and graphite Ledger Drawing of a Lakota warrior in combat with a Pawnee | Donald Ellis Gallery

Ledger Drawing

attributed to Cehupa (Jaw) also known as Okicize Tawa (His Fight), ca. 1850-1924
Macnider Ledger (pg. 170)
Lakota
Northern Plains

ca. 1880

graphite and coloured pencil on lined paper

height: 5 ¾"
width: 14 ½"

Inventory # P3957-170

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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

Exhibited

​Fairfield University Art Museum, Picturing History: Ledger Drawings of the Plains Indians. Fairfield, CT, September 27 - December 20, 2017

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Macnider Ledger Book

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