Ledger Drawings
Late 19th-century ledger drawings created by well-known warrior-artists such as Howling Wolf, Chief Killer, Short Bull, and Wooden Leg serve as a vital record of cultural survival and transformation among American Plains Indians.
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Within the Hood's significant holdings of Native American art, the Mark Lansburgh collection of ledger drawings, dating from the middle to the end of the nineteenth century and created by well-known warrior-artists such as Howling Wolf, Chief Killer, Short Bull, and Wooden Leg, is a vital aspect of the Hood's Plains collection. Both in their artistic excellence and in their social and historical value, these drawings serve as a vital record of cultural survival and transformation.
Educational Resources
Related Exhibitions
- Native American Ledger Drawings from the Hood Museum of Art: The Mark Lansburgh Collection, October 2, 2010, through January 16, 2011
- Contemporary Native American Ledger Art: Drawing on Tradition, August 14, 2010, through December 19, 2010
- Picturing Change: The Impact of Ledger Drawing on Native American Art, December 11, 2004, through May 15, 2005
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Short Bull (Tatanka Ptecela), Lakota / American, about 1845 - 1915 | Plains | Lakota (Teton Sioux)
Untitled (Short Bull Counting Coup on a Chaticks Si Chaticks (Pawnee) Warrior), page number 21, from a...
about 1885-1890
2005.28
Chief Killer (Noh-hu-nah-wih), Southern Tsistsistas, 1849 - 1922 | Southern Tsistsistas / Suhtai (Cheyenne) | Central Plains | Plains
Untitled ("Cheyennes on a visit to the Sioux"), page number 37, from a Chief Killer sketchbook
about mid-1875-mid-1878
2007.65.22
Wooden Leg (Kum-mok-quiv-vi-ok-ta), Northern Tsistsistas / American, 1858 - 1940 | Northern Tsistsistas / Suhtai (Cheyenne) | Tsistsistas / Suhtai (Cheyenne) | Plains
Untitled (Joined Ledger Pages: Social Dancers, including part of page number 82), from an unidentified...
about 1882
2007.65.57
Howling Wolf (Ho-na-nist-to), Southern Tsistsistas / American, 1849 - 1927 | Southern Tsistsistas / Suhtai (Cheyenne) | Central Plains | Plains
Untitled (Warrior in Battle), from the "Robert Allen Guthrie Notebook"
about 1874-1875
2007.65.8
Terrance Guardipee, Blackfeet / American, born 1968 | Niitsitapii (Blackfoot / Blackfeet) | Northern Plains | Plains
Mountain Chief, Blackfeet War Leader
August 2008
2008.60
Darryl Growing Thunder, Assiniboine / Nakota / American, born about 1968 | Assiniboine Nakota | Northern Plains | Plains | Nakota (Yankton Sioux)
Dancing at Poplar River
2008
2008.61
Unknown artist ("Arrow" Ledger), Southern Tsistsistas / American, active late 19th century | Southern Tsistsistas / Suhtai (Cheyenne) | Central Plains | Plains
Untitled (A Tsistsistas (Cheyenne) Warrior Counting Coup on a Baby), page number 21, from the "Arrow's...
about 1874-1875
2008.75
Unknown Artist (Julian Scott Artist A), Ka'igwu, active late 19th century | Ka'igwu (Kiowa) | Southern Plains | Plains
Untitled (Osage War Dance), page number 11, from the "Julian Scott Ledger"
1880
d.2003.18.3
Linda Haukaas, Lakota / American, born 1957 | Central Plains | Plains | Lakota (Teton Sioux)
Return from War Dance
2003
d.2004.23
Unknown artist ("Price" Ledger), Tsistsistas and/or Inunaina / American, active late 19th century | Tsistsistas / Suhtai (Cheyenne) and / or Inunaina (Arapaho) | Central Plains | Plains
Untitled (An Inunaina (Arapaho) Warrior Fires Back at U.S. Soldiers), page number 138, from the "Vincent...
late 19th century
d.2004.9
Chief Killer (Noh-hu-nah-wih), Southern Tsistsistas, 1849 - 1922 | Southern Tsistsistas / Suhtai (Cheyenne) | Central Plains | Plains
Untitled ("School taught by ladies from the hotels who volunteered to help Capt. P."), page number 11;...
about mid-1875-mid-1878
d.2003.18.1ab