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Locke Lakota Ledger Drawing [175240]

Currency:USD Category:American Indian Art Start Price:125.00 USD Estimated At:250.00 - 350.00 USD
Locke Lakota Ledger Drawing   [175240]
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Ledger drawing by Lakota artist Merle Locke. The 23"x 17" two panel work is entitled "Making Music by the Creek" 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,
City: Pine Ridge,
State: South Dakota Pine Ridge South Dakota