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 mounted warrior counting coup with a bow while striking down a uniformed trooper. 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 drawing is direct and highly legible, with the yellow horse and active diagonal movement giving the composition clear visual force. Graphite outlines and colored pencil details preserve the concise language of ledger art, where gesture, weaponry, clothing, and placement carry narrative meaning. As a framed work on ledger paper, it presents a charged record of mounted action and Plains warrior 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 mounted warrior counting coup with a bow while striking down a uniformed trooper. 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 drawing is direct and highly legible, with the yellow horse and active diagonal movement giving the composition clear visual force. Graphite outlines and colored pencil details preserve the concise language of ledger art, where gesture, weaponry, clothing, and placement carry narrative meaning. As a framed work on ledger paper, it presents a charged record of mounted action and Plains warrior history.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
