Post by grahamew on Jun 8, 2015 13:43:27 GMT -5
Important Cheyenne Ledger Book of Pictographic Drawings
THE BOWSTRING WARRIOR SOCIETY LEDGER, comprising thirty-four pages, each drawn in graphite pencil, and colored pencil (black, yellow and red) on paper, depicting various accounts of warfare and ritual including a unique depiction of a horse mask used in battle against the Pawnee and sixteen different shields; attributed to Medicine Water I, Lame Bull, Alights on the Cloud and possibly eight other unknown artists.
The rest, along with Mike Cowdrey's detailed contextual essay and analysis of the plates are here -
www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2013/american-indian-art-n08997/lot.83.html
THE BOWSTRING WARRIOR SOCIETY LEDGER, comprising thirty-four pages, each drawn in graphite pencil, and colored pencil (black, yellow and red) on paper, depicting various accounts of warfare and ritual including a unique depiction of a horse mask used in battle against the Pawnee and sixteen different shields; attributed to Medicine Water I, Lame Bull, Alights on the Cloud and possibly eight other unknown artists.
The rest, along with Mike Cowdrey's detailed contextual essay and analysis of the plates are here -
www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2013/american-indian-art-n08997/lot.83.html