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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs of Arapaho Sun Dance
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS4721
- Creators:
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Dorsey, George Amos
- Dates:
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1902
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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4 Prints
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Catalog Number 4721: Arapaho "Wife of Waaksenna and Washieh, chopping down the tree for the center pole. Fourth Day, 1902" Sun Dance at Darlington. (Slightly different view of published plate number XXI) Photographer: G. A. Dorsey Date: 1902 Published Plate Number: XXI. (2) "North of Left Half of the Line of Dancers, Whistling Toward the Center-Pole. Seventh Day, 1902." Sun Dance at Darlington. (2 prints, identical) Photographer: G. A. Dorsey Date: 1902 Published Plate Number: LXXXIX. (3) "Dog Soldiers," Buffalo-Bull (left) White Buffalo (right). "Dog Soldier lodge during the rite of conferring the privilege to cut the center-pole upon one of their number." Photographer: G. A. Dorsey Date: 1902 Identified from plate CIX. (4) "Dancers. Fifth Day, 1902. On the left, Tepeish; on the right Hisehaseh." Both wearing dance paint Photographer: G. A. Dorsey Date: 1902 Published Plate Number: CXXIII.
Using the Collection
Citation
Manuscript 4721, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
More Information
Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 4721
Local Note
Local Note
Filed: original prints.
Bibliography
Bibliography
Reproduced in Field Columbian Museum, Publication 74, Anthropological Series, Volume IV, "The Arapaho Sun Dance: The Ceremony of the Offerings Lodge," Chicago: 1903.
Keywords
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Photographs | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Arapaho Indians | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Dance -- Sun | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Inunaina (Arapaho) | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Indians of North America -- Great Plains | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Washieh | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Buffalo-Bull | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
White-Buffalo | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Tepeish | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Hisehaseh | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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