drawing
- Museum number
- Am2006,Drg.126.pl 4
- Title
- Series: Mandan Ceremonies
- Description
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Drawing; pl.4, Bel-lohk Na-pic (the Buffalo Dance); represents two of the eight Buffalos performing the Buffalo dance, to which the Mandans attribute the creation of the Buffalos to supply them with food during the coming year. The Buffalos are elaborately painted and wearing buffalo robes with a wheat (?) bundle, they are each holding a rattle and long stick.
watercolour
- Production date
- 1864
- Dimensions
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Height: 29.50 centimetres
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Width: 22 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Eight watercolours of the Mandan Ceremonies by George Catlin bound together with his printed text of ; "An Account of an Annual Religious Ceremony Practised by the Mandan Tribe of North American Indians".
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Both binding and drawings are in good condition.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Am2006,Drg.126.pl 4
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: Am2006-Drg126-Cat
