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[Buffalo Society, animal dance--Cheyenne] – Vintage Print

[Buffalo Society, animal dance--Cheyenne], c1927. — historic photograph
[Buffalo Society, animal dance--Cheyenne], c1927.. Historic photograph from the Buffalo collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Curtis recorded this Cheyenne Buffalo Society animal dance around 1927, when his multi-volume survey of Native American life was nearing its end. The society's connection to the bison, the animal at the center of Plains life, shapes the dancers' costume and movement, and the record ties the scene to Cheyenne spiritual practice. It appears on page 124 of volume 19 of *The North American Indian*, where Curtis presented ceremony for a largely non-Native audience. Many of his scenes were posed or reconstructed, so the picture is best read as a crafted record as well as a document.

Created / publishedc1927.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenreBook illustrations 1920-1930.Photographic prints 1920-1930.
NotesJ293249 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curtis, 1907-30, v. 19, p. 124.
SubjectsIndians of North America--Clothing & dress--1920-1930. Indians of North America--Spiritual life--1920-1930. Cheyenne Indians--Clothing & dress--1920-1930. Cheyenne Indians--Spiritual life--1920-1930.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,283 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-182968

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