Title
A buffalo hide cut out which was attached to the top of a pole during the annual Sun Dance ceremony
Caption
A buffalo hide cut out which was attached to the top of a pole during the annual Sun Dance ceremony, The Sun Dance served to thank the sun for past favours and to request renewed protection. USA. Plains Indian / Oglala Sioux. Collected in 1880.
Info+
Werner Forman Archive/ Peabody Museum, Harvard University
Credit line
Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman
Reference
UMG12A31_055
Model release
No
License type
Rights managed
Available size
30,4Mb (1,7Mb) / 10,0in x 11,8in / 3004 x 3536 (300dpi)