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The Scalp Dance
| "The Scalp Dance is given as a celebration of a victory; and amongst this tribe, as I learned whilst residing with them, danced in the night, by the light of their torches, and just before retiring to bed. When a war party returns from a war excursion, bringing home with them the scalps of their enemies, they generally 'dance them' for fifteen nights in succession, vaunting forth the most extravagant boasts of their wonderful prowess in war whilst they brandish their war weapons in their hands." (Plate 27) |
| Image ID: | 69158 |
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| Creation Date: | circa 1844 |
| Creator Name: | Catlin, George |
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| Collection Name: | Rare Books |
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| Original Format Type: | prints, fine-art |
| Original Format Number: | PH 348.27 (3) |
| Original Dimensions: | 17 x 12 inches |
| Catlin's North American Indian portfolio; hunting scenes and amusements of the Rocky Mountains and prairies of America... London, George Catlin [after 1844]. 31 hand-colored lithographs, in portfolio. Full length portraits of Indians, Indian dances, games and buffalo and bear hunts. |
| Painting |
| Clothing and dress |
| Indigenous dance, North American |
| Dakota Indians |
| Indigenous peoples of North America, Social life and customs |
| Weapons |
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| Women |
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