Echoes of the West: A January Extravaganza Celebrating Native American & Western Legacies
Sat, Jan 27, 2024 11:00AM EST
Live Auction
Lot 242
C. 1911-1940 Lakota Sioux Sun Dance Ledger Drawing
Estimate: $1,200 - $2,200
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| $2,000 | $250 |
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| $25,000 | $2,500 |
| $100,000 | $5,000 |
Featured in this lot is this original ledger drawing from the Northern Sioux of the rare Sun Dance dating to circa 1911-1940’s from the Robert Dickens Little Blue Hand collection. These ledger drawings are from the same ledger book collection offered and sold from our company back in 2013. The original ledger book would have been traded to the Northern Sioux and was said to be handed down from their ancestors at the Sioux Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and later traded to the collector many years ago back in the 1970-1980’s. The set ranging in age from circa 1890 on and is mostly believed to be drawn in circa 1920-1930’s. The ledger art shows an accounting sheet for 1911 titled Sam Lievine and shows a scene of a man dressed in ceremonial garments holding a dancing wand and conducting the Sun Dance with a squaw sitting outside of the shown teepee that is decorated with a bear print and a bear; the pole being used in the dance shows buffalo skulls at its base and the sun overhead. The condition of this framed ledger art is good with very slight wear to the frame and some wear to the edges of the artwork but otherwise shows good well preserved condition. The measurements of this framed ledger art is 12 1/4" x 18 1/4" and the visible artwork measures 10 1/4" x 15 3/4".
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