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COURTING: One Man in Lakota Blanket with Beaded Strip and Four Women; Blank Page

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Left: Blank Right: Four women and one man stand together wrapped in blankets: (from the right): blue, red, blue with a beaded center panel (crudely depicted but appearing to be a beaded medicine wheel similar to a Lakota courting blanket design), black, and red. All have half (viewer’s right) of their faces painted red. The central figure is a man; his long red breech clout shows below his blanket in the back. Both of his braids are wrapped and flung across his left shoulder. He also is distinctive because his legs are painted black. The four women all have one braid showing over their right shoulders The four women have four or five black bands around their ankles. The women have dress panel tabs showing below their blankets: two women’s are red and two are blue. Media: Outlines are lead pencil with fill of blue crayon, red watercolor, or black ink. Some of the details are drawn with ink.


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Plate No: 21
Page No: 38-39
Media: Pencil, crayon, watercolor, ink
Dimensions: 3.25 x 5 in (8.5 x 12.75 cm)
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