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Ledger narratives :

(Number (ISBN

0806142979

(Number (ISBN

0806142987

(Number (ISBN

9780806142975

(Number (ISBN

9780806142982

Title Proper

Ledger narratives :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

the Plains Indian drawings of the Lansburgh Collection at Dartmouth College /

First Statement of Responsibility

edited by Colin G. Calloway.

Edition Statement

First [edition].

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Norman :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

University of Oklahoma Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

[2012]

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

283 pages :

Other Physical Details

color illustrations ;

Dimensions

30 cm.

Series Title

New directions in Native American studies ;

Volume Designation

v. 8

Text of Note

This book is the product of the exhibition "Native American Ledger Drawings from the Hood Museum of Art: The Mark Lansburgh Collection," held Oct. 2-Dec. 19, Hood Museum of Art, and the 2010 Leslie Humanities Institute, "Multiple Narratives in Plains Indian Ledger Art," Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire.

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-268) and indexes.

Text of Note

"The largest known collection of ledger art ever acquired by one individual is Mark Lansburgh's diverse assemblage of more than 140 drawings, now held by the Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College and catalogued in this important book. The Cheyennes, Crows, Kiowas, Lakotas, and other Plains peoples created the genre known as ledger art in the mid-nineteenth century. Before that time, these Indians had chronicled the heroic achievements of their warriors and chiefs on rock, buffalo robes, and tipi covers. As they came into increasing contact with American traders, the artists recorded their experiences in pencil and crayon drawings on paper bound in ledger or account books. The drawings became known as ledger art. This volume presents in full color the Lansburgh collection in its entirety. The drawings are narratives depicting Plains lifeways through Plains eyes. They include landscapes and scenes of battle, hunting, courting, ceremony, incarceration, and travel by foot, horse, train, and boat. Ledger art also served to prompt memories of horse raids and heroic exploits in battle. In addition to showcasing the Lansburgh collection, Ledger Narratives augments the growing literature on this art form by providing seven new essays that suggest some of the many stories the drawings contain and that look at them from innovative perspectives. The authors-scholars of art history, anthropology, history, and Native American studies-touch on such themes as gender, social status, sovereignty, tribal and intertribal politics, economic exchange, and confinement and space in a changing world. The Lansburgh collection includes some of the most arresting examples of Plains Indian art, and the essays in this volume help us see and hear the multiple narratives these drawings relate"--Publisher's website.

Parallel Title

Plains Indian drawings of the Lansburgh Collection at Dartmouth College

Lansburgh, Mark-- Art collections

Lansburgh, Mark.

Hood Museum of Art

Hood Museum of Art.

Drawing-- New Hampshire-- Hanover, Catalogs.

Indian ledger drawings-- Great Plains, Catalogs.

Indians of North America-- Great Plains.

Art-- Private collections.

Drawing.

Indian ledger drawings.

Indians of North America.

Great Plains.

New Hampshire, Hanover.

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Edition

Class number

Class number

Book number

Book number

Calloway, Colin G., (Colin Gordon),1953-

Szabo, Joyce M.

Hood Museum of Art.

Date of Transaction

20200822132216.0

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