9780313306938-0313306931-Guide to Native American Ledger Drawings and Pictographs in United States Museums, Libraries, and Archives (Bibliographies and Indexes in American History)

Guide to Native American Ledger Drawings and Pictographs in United States Museums, Libraries, and Archives (Bibliographies and Indexes in American History)

ISBN-13: 9780313306938
ISBN-10: 0313306931
Edition: Annotated
Author: John Lovett, Donald L Dewitt
Publication date: 1998
Publisher: Greenwood
Format: Hardcover 160 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780313306938
ISBN-10: 0313306931
Edition: Annotated
Author: John Lovett, Donald L Dewitt
Publication date: 1998
Publisher: Greenwood
Format: Hardcover 160 pages

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Guide to Native American Ledger Drawings and Pictographs in United States Museums, Libraries, and Archives (Bibliographies and Indexes in American History) (ISBN-13: 9780313306938 and ISBN-10: 0313306931), written by authors John Lovett, Donald L Dewitt, was published by Greenwood in 1998. With an overall rating of 3.6 stars, it's a notable title among other books. You can easily purchase or rent Guide to Native American Ledger Drawings and Pictographs in United States Museums, Libraries, and Archives (Bibliographies and Indexes in American History) (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.3.

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Whether painted by artist-warriors depicting their feats in battle or by other Native American artists, 19th and 20th century ledger drawings―drawn on blank sheets of ledger books obtained from U.S. soldiers, traders, missionaries, and reservation employees―provide an excellent visual source of information on the Great Plains Native Americans. An art form representing a transition from drawing on buffalo hide to a paper medium, ledger drawings range in style, content, and quality from primitive and artistically poor to bold and sharp with lavish use of color. Although interest in ledger drawings has increased in the last 20 years, there has never been a guide to holdings of these drawings. By bringing together the diverse and scattered institutions that hold them, this book will make finding the drawings quicker and easier.

Illustrated with examples of ledger drawings, the guide identifies the libraries, archives, historical societies, and museums that hold ledger drawings. The institutions listed range from those with large collections, such as the Smithsonian, Yale, and Oklahoma museums, to institutions with only a few drawings. The book also includes a bibliography of books and articles about Indian pictographic art. The index will enable researchers to locate art by individual artists and tribes.

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