Painting
date: label: Accession Date
content: 18 Mar 1904
name: label: Collector
content: Mr. James Mooney
label: Donor Name
content: Bureau Of American Ethnology
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "THE SUN DANCE & THE PEYOTE CEREMONY. THE FIGURES ON THE LEFT WITH THE MOUNTED WARRIOR IN THE CENTER HAVE REFERENCE TO THE SUN DANCE. THOSE OF THE CENTER AND LEFT REFER TO THE PEYOTE RITE. IN THE FIRST GROUP WE HAVE THE DECORATED CENTER POLE OF THE MEDICINE LODGE, THE PIPES, FAN AND RATTLES OF THE DANCE, THE TAIME BOX CLOSED, AND THE SAME BOX OPEN, WITH THE SACRED IMAGE PARTLY EXPOSED, TWO SUN DANCERS (WITH THEIR SUN DANCE PAINT, HEAD-BAND OF JACK RABBIT SKIN, YELLOW DOWN FEATHER, HEAD PENDANT, EAGLE BONE WHISTLE AND BUNCH OF WILD SAGE IN HAND OR BETWEEN THE LIPS AS IN THE DANCE, WRISTLETS AND ANKLETS OF LEAFY WILLOW, OTHER BUNCHES OF WILD SAGE AT THEIR BELTS, AND ONE WITH A SCALP HANGING FROM HIS WRIST), A BUFFALO DANCER MASKED WITH A BUFFALO ROBE, ONE IMAGINARY WARRIOR FIGURE WITH A RED SHIELD, AND, AT THE TOP, A MEMBER OF A WARRIOR SOCIETY IN FULL SUN DANCE EQUIPMENT. IN THE PEYOTE GROUP WE HAVE, AT THE BOTTOM, THE CEREMONIAL TIPI WITH 4 PRINCIPAL WORSHIPPERS JUST ENTERING THERE WITH DRUM, RATTLE, FEATHER FAN AND STAFF. ON THE OTHER SIDE ARE TWO MORE, TOGETHER WITH POUCH, STAFF, DRUM, RATTLE, FAN, EAGLE BONE WHISTLE, AND SEVERAL OTHER BELONGINGS OF THE RITE, ..." CONT. SEE CARD
label: Notes
content: Depicting various scenes from the Medicine Lodge ceremony and Peyote ceremony. Painted by Hangun. 56" (142 cm). Records: The Sun Dance and the Peyote Ceremony: The figures on the left with the mounted warrior in the center have reference to the Sun Dance. Those on the center and right refer to the Peyote rite. In the first group we have the decorated center pole of the Medicine Lodge, the pipes, fan, and rattles of the dance, the Taime box closed, and the same box open, with the sacred image partly exposed, two Sun Dancers (with their Sun Dance paint, headband of jackrabbit skin, yellow down feather, head pendant, eagle bone whistle, and bunch of wild sage in hand or between the lips as in the dance, wristlets and anklets of leafy willow, other bunches of wild sage at their belts, and one with a scalp hanging from his wrist), a Buffalo Dancer masked with a buffalo robe, one imaginary warrior figure with a red shield, and, at the top, a member of a warrior society in full Sun Dance equipment. In the Peyote group we have, at the bottom, the ceremonial tipi with four principal worshipers just entering there with drum, rattle, feather fan, and staff. On the other side are two more, together with pouch, staff, drum, rattle, fan, eagle bone whistle, and several other belongings of the rite, including the large sacred Peyote. Above we see the tipi again, with a woman in elk-tooth dress waiting outside for the signal to hand in the sacred food. In the upper right hand corner is the circle of worshippers inside the tipi, the two with drum and rattle at the west end, with the fire, the mound, and sacred Peyote in center. (A). Associated names: Hangun.(from Merrill, William L. et al. 1997. A Guide to the Kiowa Collections at the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology, no. 40. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 16 Jun 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Oklahoma, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Kiowa
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 042431
label: USNM Number
content: E229897-0
objectType: label: Object Type
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