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 CAMP CIRCLE: MEASURING THE POLE. AT THE LOWER RIGHT HAND CORNER WE HAVE THE CEREMONIAL GROUP ABOUT TO CUT DOWN THE TREE DESTINED FOR THE CENTER POLE OF THE MEDICINE LODGE. TO THE LEFT WE HAVE THE PRIEST MEASURING THE TRUNK FOR THE HEIGHT. IN THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER WE SEE THE SLAIN BUFFALO FROM WHICH A STRING OF HIDE HAS BEEN CUT ALONG THE FOREHEAD AND BACK TO BE WRAPPED AROUND THE MAIN TRANSVERSE PENDANT OF THE CENTER POLE. THE GREEN SPOT NEAR BY IS THE BUFFALO WALLOW. THE TIPI CIRCLE REPRESENTS THE HEREDITARY DECORATED TIPI OF THE PROMINENT FAMILIES OF THE TRIBE AS FORMERLY SET UP IN PROPER POSITION IN THE GREAT SUN DANCE CIRCLE, THE PRIESTS' TIPI, THE SWEAT HOUSE, AND THE CENTER POLE OF THE MEDICINE LODGE BEING ALREADY SET UP WITHIN THE CIRCLE. (LENT TO) A NATION OF NATIONS 12/1975 LOAN RETURNED AUG. 1988. LENT TO THE MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF ARTS 8-13-1992 LOAN RETURNED AUG. 26, 1993.
label: Notes
content: Depicting the felling and erection of the cottonwood tree used as the center pole for the Medicine Lodge and the bringing in of the buffalo hide placed on the center pole. Many painted tipis are shown. Painted by Hangun. 52.5" (133 cm). Records: The Sun Dance: The Camp Circle. Measuring the Pole. At the lower right hand corner we have the ceremonial group about to cut down the tree destined for the center pole of the Medicine Lodge. To the left we have the priest measuring the trunk for the height. In the upper right hand corner we see the slain buffalo from which a string of hide has been cut along forehead and back to be wrapped around the main transverse pendant of the center pole. The green spot nearby is the buffalo wallow. The tipi circle represents the hereditary, decorated tipi of the prominent families of the tribe as formerly set up in proper position in the great Sun Dance Circle, the priests' tipi, the sweat house and the center pole of the Medicine Lodge being already set up within the circle. (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: E229901-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hide Painting