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Arikara medicine ceremony - The Ducks

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Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952
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Photographs, Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952, Photogravures, Images, Arikara Indians, Rites and ceremonies, Headgear, Dances
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Edward S. Curtis Collection. Images
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Abstract
Description by Edward S. Curtis: "Three members of the medicine fraternity, painted to represent ducks and holding the rushes among which waterfowl rest, in their dance around the sacred cedar" source: Library of Congress, American Memory website
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The original photogravure was produced in Boston by John Andrew & Son, c1908 and published as plate 163 in The North American Indian volume five, subtitled The Mandan. The Arikara. The Atsina [portfolio]. Original copyright Seattle : E.S. Curtis, 1908