Warriors in Bear Costume, Graphite and Crayon Drawing on 1875 Ledger Paper shooting gallery terget It reminds me a bit

It reminds me a bit of the (much larger and bronze)) sculptures of Marino Marini

these were most commonly made by women

with a great zig zag of white teeth and pink blush on the cheeks

Pieces measure about 3 1/6" long

shafts of wheat against a light blue ground

Warriors in Bear Costume, Graphite and Crayon Drawing on 1875 Ledger Paper shooting gallery terget It reminds me a bitWhile 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