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Lot 64

Sale 1133 - Native American Art, Session I
Apr 21, 2023 10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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$25,000 - 35,000

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Cheyenne Ledger Drawing
third quarter 19th century


plate #51, colorfully drawn battle scene, depicts a warrior with an elaborate shield in one hand and a bow in the other; he wears a single hawk feather and  German silver hair drop and is further adorned with a German silver gorget and armbands; he rides his decorated pinto into a line of six soldiers, all firing and missing their target, as can be seen by the mass of bullets behind the warrior; an unknown signature glyph of a colored in horse points towards the warrior's head

(page) 12-1/4 x 7-5/8 inches; (frame) 21-7/8 x 14-7/8 inches


Property of a Private Collector, Chicago, Illinois

This lot is located in Cincinnati.

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