Blackfeet Indian Song And Dance Man--Spider, Winold Reiss Art Print
Entry/Object ID
AM1980.1.454
Scope and Content
Blackfeet Indian Song and Dance Man--Spider, Winold Reiss Art Print. Titled: Spider Blackfeet Indian Song and Dance Man, Glacier National Park in Montana. Depicted is the head of the man only, with hair shorn at crown and braids, wearing a shell or bead necklace with pendant.
A biographical sketch of Spider is included beneath the print on the backing paper
According to Indian legend, Spider Man is the keeper of the gate which leads to the Sky World.
The 1957 poster-type print is by Great Northern Railway, St. Paul. This print has Indian bead decoration-type pictures around a blue border.
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Blackfeet Song and Dance Man, Glacier National Park, Native American, Blackfeet, Reiss, WInold
