ledger drawing

noun

Etymology

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

Definitions

  1. A narrative drawing or painting on paper or cloth, as executed by Native Americans,…

    A narrative drawing or painting on paper or cloth, as executed by Native Americans, principally of the Great Plains.

    • 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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