Meanings
plural ledger drawings
- 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.
2013, Richard Pearce, Women and Ledger Art: Four Contemporary Native American Artists, page xixSynonyms: ledger art
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA narrative drawing or painting on paper or cloth, as executed by Native Americans, principally of the Great Plains.
Origin
From the frequent use by the artists of paper from ledger books.
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