Three to Get Ready

Dwayne Wilcox, Oglala Lakota / American, born 1957
Oglala Lakota
Lakota (Teton Sioux)
Central Plains
Plains

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2006

Crayon, colored pencil and felt-tipped pen on ledger paper

Overall: 17 11/16 × 11 in. (44.9 × 28 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Guernsey Center Moore 1904 Fund

2008.59.8

Geography

Place Made: United States, North America

Period

21st century

Object Name

Ledger Drawing

Research Area

Native American

Drawing

Native American: Plains

On view

Inscriptions

Signed and dated, in ink, lower right: Wilcox / 06 [in script]; printed, in ink, upper left: Section; printed, in ink, upper center: Township; printed, in ink, upper right: Range; printed, in ink, upper right: 154; printed, in ink, on label affixed to reverse, upper right: THREE TO GET READY 154

Label

These two ledger drawings, a form of visual storytelling that originally developed during the 19th century in the Northern Plains, feature three Indigenous women—Three to Get Ready shows them in traditional regalia and Beat Goes On in streetwear. What might they be getting ready for? Where are they going? Placed in conversation, these works playfully challenge stereotypes about Indigenous identity, emphasizing the richness and variety of Native women’s self-expression.

From the 2025 exhibition A Space for Dialogue 122, Weaving Ké, curated by Nizhonie Denetsosie-Gomez '25, Conroy Intern

Course History

NAS 30.21, Native American Art and Material, Jami Powell, Spring 2020

Exhibition History

A Space for Dialogue 122, Weaving Ké, Nizhonie Denetsosie-Gomez '25, Conroy Intern, Alvin P. Gutman Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, July 25 - March 30, 2025.

Provenance

Morning Star Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico; sold to present collection, 2008.

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