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.

References

• Ledger art on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Category:Ledger art on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• “ledger drawing”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.