ledger drawing

English
a ledger drawing by a Kiowa artist

Etymology

From the frequent use by the artists of paper from ledger books.

Noun

ledger drawing (plural ledger drawings)

  1. A narrative drawing or painting on paper or cloth, as executed by Native Americans, principally of the Great Plains.
    Synonym: ledger art
    • 2013, Richard Pearce, Women and Ledger Art: Four Contemporary Native American Artists, page xix:
      When John Ross, an anthropologist who had been working with Spokane people for thirty years, took me to the studio of George Flett, I saw my first ledger drawing.

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