Lakota / Plains
19th century
Graphite and colored pencil on ledger paper
Sight: 5 1/4 x 11 3/4 in (13.3 x 29.8 cm)
Matted and framed
This Lakota ledger drawing depicts a chief meeting a group of two men and women, with the figures arranged in a narrative encounter across the sheet. Ledger drawings are Plains works on paper that developed as artists adapted earlier hide-painting traditions to the pages of accounting ledgers, preserving records of warfare, ceremony, status, and daily life. The inscription “Wahton his father” appears in the upper right.
The composition is quieter than a battle scene, but its subject gives it strong historical interest. The figures are drawn with controlled outlines and selective color, using posture and spacing to show interaction rather than decoration. As a framed Plains work on ledger paper, it offers a valuable view into the social and ceremonial world represented within Lakota visual history.
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Lakota / Plains
19th century
Graphite and colored pencil on ledger paper
Sight: 5 1/4 x 11 3/4 in (13.3 x 29.8 cm)
Matted and framed
This Lakota ledger drawing depicts a chief meeting a group of two men and women, with the figures arranged in a narrative encounter across the sheet. Ledger drawings are Plains works on paper that developed as artists adapted earlier hide-painting traditions to the pages of accounting ledgers, preserving records of warfare, ceremony, status, and daily life. The inscription “Wahton his father” appears in the upper right.
The composition is quieter than a battle scene, but its subject gives it strong historical interest. The figures are drawn with controlled outlines and selective color, using posture and spacing to show interaction rather than decoration. As a framed Plains work on ledger paper, it offers a valuable view into the social and ceremonial world represented within Lakota visual history.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
