Name/Title
Shoshone Sun Dance, Unknown Shoshone Artist, Sioux Indian Painting, Plate XXEntry/Object ID
575/13136A-20Scope and Content
Shoshone Sun Dance, Unknown Shoshone Artist, Sioux Indian Painting, Plate XX. The principal symbol of the Sun Dance, present it all forms of it, is the central pole, or forked tree. A buffalo skin or effigy, a sheaf of sage, and colored streamers emblematic of sun and sky are universal; a panache of eagle feathers at teh top is also used. the central pole is said by the Shoshone to symbolize God--the Father Above. Twelve poles leaning on this at the fork (only 8 in the drawing). The ceremony is profoundly religious, and all the most serious faiths of the people come to attach themslelves to it. Painting on muslim by unknown Shoshone artist. (Collection of C.A. Carter, Los Angeles).
Portfolio of Sioux Indian Painting, Paintings of the Sioux and Other Tribes of the Great Plains, Part I, published by C. Szwedzicki, Nice, France, 1938. Limited Edition. No. 361. Introduction and notes by Hartley Burr Alexander. 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.
Part. 2 contains an addition 25 Plates I-XXV different than Part 1.Collection
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Art, DanceSearch Terms
Shoshone Art, Sun Dance, Native American, Native American Art, Sioux, Shoshone, Oceti SakowinEthnography
Notes
The word, Sioux, is referenced. Sioux is considered a slur word according to the Oceti Sakowin peoples.
