Grass Dance, Amos Bad Heart Buffalo, Sioux Indian Painting, Part II, Plate XXIV
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Grass Dance, Amos Bad Heart Buffalo, Sioux Indian Painting, Part II, Plate XXIVEntry/Object ID
575/13136B-24Scope and Content
Grass Dance, Amos Bad Heart Buffalo, Sioux Indian Painting, Part II, Plate XXIV. Drawing. Ceremony sequent to Plate XXII. This is the Grass Dance, which is a ritualistic performance. The warriors charge the food kettle and "count coup" upon it as though it were an enemy; afterwards bits of dog's flesh are presented to distinguished fighters, and finally, after the bones of the dog have been prayed over, theya re buried in a secret place. Here the dancers are shown "charging the dog." Portfolio of Sioux Indian Painting, Part 2, The Art of Amos Bad Heart Buffalo, published by C. Szwedzicki, Nice, France, 1938. Limited Edition (400). No. 339. Introduction and notes by Hartley Burr Alexander. Signed by C. Szwedzicki & V. Grespin. Amos Bad Heart Buffalo is considered the most notable northern Indian artist whose work is known. He is the son of an Oglala warrior who fought in the Battle of Little Big Horn, along with his brother, He Dog. They are often subjects of Amos's work, Amos was born in 1869 and died in 1913. The prints are enlargements of Amos's orginial drawings. Cover: "Going to the Warriors's Dance" Part. 1 contains Plates I-XXV. Painters of Part 1 are Sioux, Mandan, Shoshone, and Kiowa. On cover of Portfolio--Sioux Warriors on horseback, by Kills Two (Nupa Kie), Oglala Sioux.Collection
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Sioux Art, Oglala Sioux Art, Grass Dance, Counting coup, Native American, Native American Art, Sioux, Oglala SiouxLegacy Lexicon
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Oceti Sakowin
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