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Description
The Buffalo dance is still performed, though the original object of exerting preternatural influence on the abundance and accessibility of the buffalo no longer prevails. The two male dancers are accompanied by the Buffalo Girl, who is fully clothed in native costume and has a pair of small horns on the head. These three give a very striking and dramatic performance under the watchful eye of the head of the hunters' society.
Buffalo dance Clothing and dress Costume Headdresses Manners and customs Native Americans New Mexico Photogravure Portraits Portraits, Group Pueblo Indians Tesuque Pueblo (N.M.)
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.17 plates, William Smith Mason Collection of Western Americana, Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library
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