Warriors in Bear Costume, Graphite and Crayon Drawing on 1875 Ledger Paper green and aqua making them

making them

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

there was Victor Perard

I believe--chose this postcard to send to Miss Rosy Marek

and is quite old (and heavy

Warriors in Bear Costume, Graphite and Crayon Drawing on 1875 Ledger Paper green and aqua making themWhile 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