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Ledger Art
I was thinking of the tradition of ledger art, but I was also thinking of the other, original meaning of ledger - a place for keeping track of sums...It is sort of a bittersweet notion - the whole idea of ledgers and accounting for what has been taken from Indians and what we were given in exchange. - Arthur Amiotte, 1995
This unique technique of Native American fine art dates back more than a century when the Plains Indians experienced a complete transformation of their daily lives. The art form represents a transition of Plains Indian artistry from buffalo hide to paper.
Conflict with European Americans led to the destruction of buffalo herds leaving Native Americans without their primary source of food, clothing and shelter as well as a canvas for their drawings. Plains Indian artists acquired ledger books and new drawing materials through trade, booty after a military engagement or from raids.
These books, used by European Americans for documenting trade, because a new art medium for Native Americans. With these books, Indians visually documents their lives including the conflict and captivity they experienced.
Today, this Native American art form is still used by several artists, including Don Montileaux who continues to tell the stories of the American Indian people through his colorful ledger drawings.
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Blue Flower Woman
$375.00
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Blue Horse
$250.00
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Buffalo Dancer
$60.00
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Buffalo Lodge
$299.00
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Buffalo Robe
$80.00
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Bussels, Bussels
$60.00
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Carry My Voice To The Four Winds
$60.00
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Chasing Through The Coup
$80.00
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Chief's Blanket
$60.00
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Counting Coup
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