Council (or more properly, Sun Dance or Medicine Lodge)

Description:

Bear's Heart, or Nock-ko-ist (Cheyenne),

drawn between 1875 and 1878 at Fort Marion, Florida

"Council" (or more properly, Sun Dance or Medicine Lodge)

Collected by Richard Henry Pratt about 1878

Colored pencil, ink, colored ink, and watercolor

The drawing of a Sun Dance or Medicine Lodge gathering offers a partial view of one moment in the most sacred of Plains Indian ceremonies. The event is represented here by the Sun Dance lodge with its cloth and tree-branch offerings flying. The people stand outside to bear witness to the sacred offerings being made, while four painted Sun Dancers stand ready to make their sacrifices inside. Four men, probably warrior society officers, stand guard over the ceremony.

Date Made: ca 1875-1878

Original Artist: Bear's Heart

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Florida, Anastasia Island, Fort Marion

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 2008.0175.56Accession Number: 2008.0175Catalog Number: 2008.0175.056

Object Name: drawingledger drawingObject Type: DrawingsOther Terms: drawing; Watercolor

Physical Description: paper (overall material)ink (overall material)Measurements: overall: 12.8 cm x 20.4 cm; 5 1/16 in x 8 1/16 in

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-fccf-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_795058

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