Scholarship on Plains Indian ledger art has traditionally focused on the content of drawings rather than the practices and interactions of warrior-artists, especially during the period of the Indian wars, from the mid-1860s to the mid-1870s. However, attention to the physical structure of ledgers used by Plains Indians, in particular, missing pages and transfer patterns, may lead to a new understanding of ledger art dynamics. Unlike reservation-era artists of a later date, the early producers of “war books” operated in a climate of urgency, often in concert with others from their own or allied tribes. Two war books, in particular, the Half Moon and Dog Soldier ledgers, offer evidence that artists working on a single ledger may have removed sections of the bound volume to provide a wider set of available drawing surfaces and a more efficient accommodation to several warrior-artists engaged in drawing personal acts of valor.

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缺失的链接：账本结构和两本 1860 年代的战争书籍

平原印第安账本艺术奖学金传统上关注绘画的内容，而不是战士艺术家的实践和互动，尤其是在 1860 年代中期至 1870 年代中期的印度战争时期。然而，注意平原印第安人使用的账本的物理结构，特别是缺页和转移模式，可能会导致对账本艺术动态的新理解。与后来的保留时代艺术家不同，“战争书籍”的早期制作人在紧迫的气氛中运作，通常与来自他们自己或联盟部落的其他人合作。两本战争书，特别是《半月》和《狗兵分类帐》，