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Kiowa Vanquishing Navajo
Julian Scott Ledger Artist A Kiowa
Not on view
Plains men made narrative drawings on the pages of ledger books, which were often shared among multiple artists. The books remain a testament to their distinct formal approaches, with each artist identified only by letters. This image has been interpreted as a Kiowa warrior spearing an enemy, perhaps a non-Native captive with a mustache and goatee who was adopted into the Navajo tribe, while a Navajo warrior wielding a knife looks back at the carnage.
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