The lot features a double-sided original set of ledger drawings 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 1920-1940?s. The ledger art shows an unmarked ledger accounting sheet, likely from Sam Lievine and shows the iconic Lakota Sioux Sun Dance. The first image shows the large lodge with the pole at the center having the dancers attached to the central pole with two hooks at his breast and leaning back, his elders and chief sit around him. The image shows the Sioux in full dress with two large feathered headdresses on either side, a wearing blanket, war shirt and large coup stick. The other side shows two Lakota Sioux men with wearing blankets having a pipe in hand walking up to the tipi lodge which is wonderfully painted with Sioux patterns and a large Eagle. Presumably the lodge the Sun Dance is taking place in. The image shows a painted war horse, a large coup stick, feathered headdress, signal mirror bag. 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 15? by 12.25" and the visible artwork measures 13 5/8?? by 8.5?.

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