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Description
In supplication the pipe was always offered to the Mystery by holding it aloft. At the feet of the worshipper lies a buffalo-skull, symbolic of the spirit of the animal upon which the Indians were so dependent. The subject of the picture is Picket Pin, an Ogalala Sioux.
Oglala Indians Sioux Nation Photogravure Portraits Portrait photography Native Americans Men's clothing Clothing and dress Rites and ceremonies
Source
Photogravure, 18.25 x 22.25 inches: The North American Indian: being a series of volumes picturing and describing the Indians of the United States, and Alaska, 970.6 C942 vol. 3 plates, William Smith Mason Collection of Western Americana, Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library
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