Plains Indian Ledger Art: Black Road - Wilkins Ledger - Family of Six, Striped Skunks
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Black Road - Wilkins Ledger

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Family of Six, Striped Skunks
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Black Road
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Page No. --
Media: pencil and colored pencil
Dimensions: 6.5 x 7.25 inches inches

Tribe

Lakota (Sioux), Lakota (Sioux) - Oglala

Custodian

Personal Collection

Provenance

Provenance provided by 3rd generation descendants of Charles A. Wilkins on a typed note taped to the inside front cover:

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Keywords

horse, tipi, tipi art, animals, antelope, dress, shield art, buffalo, hunting

Ethnographic Notes


A family of six, striped skunks, called maka in Lakota (Buechel, 1970: 328). Skunks were
often well-fed, their flesh tasty and considered a delicacy by the Lakota.The luxuriant fur, with its bold markings, was often used to make decorative garters. Compare Plate 14.

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