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Ledger Art by Locke [175241]

Currency:USD Category:American Indian Art Start Price:125.00 USD Estimated At:250.00 - 400.00 USD
Ledger Art by Locke   [175241]
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Ledger painting by Oglala Lakota artist Merle Locke. Picture entitled Across the Camp measures 11"x 18" and is dated 1999.
Many Plains Native communities started chronicling events pictorially on materials like rocks and buffalo hides. Beginning in the mid-19th century, they used pages of ledger books obtained from settlers. A brightly colored depiction. Please see photos for more details

Date: 1999 Pine Ridge South Dakota