Warriors in Bear Costume, Graphite and Crayon Drawing on 1875 Ledger Paper green and aqua with one tiny spot of

with one tiny spot of loss of gold at the edge of one ginkgo leaf

but I think it's wonderful

or fill them with smooth black rocks and set them somewhere I'd see them all the time

all the better for the patterns of dots and waves that animate it and the little red bow holding his hat in place

Warriors in Bear Costume, Graphite and Crayon Drawing on 1875 Ledger Paper green and aqua with one tiny spot ofWhile this gathering of warriors dressed as bears seems as if it might have generated entirely from the imagination of the child who drew it, it is one of a handful I found together portraying various historical battles, all done on ledger pages spanning from the 1870s late 1880s ( I believe the drawings were done several decades later.) My guess is these might be Native Americans of the Northwest coast portrayed, perhaps referencing the Nootka crisis