Call NumberX-34079CreatorCurtis, Edward S., 1868-1952SummaryPortrait of Slow Bull (Tatanka-hunkeshni) a Native American (Oglala Sioux) medicine man. Slow Bull has long braids and wears moccasins and a cloth sheet over his shoulder and around his body, and poses with a long pipe, a beaded tobacco bag with tassels, and a bull buffalo skull.Physical Description1 photomechanical print : photogravure, brown ink ; 46 x 30 cm (18 x 12 in.) on sheet 57 x 45 cm (22 1/2 x 18 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectDakota IndiansIndians of North America--Clothing and dressOglala IndiansCalumetsClothing and dressShamansSkullsWarriorsSlow BullIndians of North AmericaGeographic AreaGreat PlainsCollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage file: ZZR710034079Type of MaterialPhotogravuresPortrait photographsDigital Version Created FromNorth American Indian : v. 3, plate no. 76.Original Material Found in CollectionThe North American Indian, v. 3. The Teton Sioux, the Yanktonai, the Assiniboin.NotesCondition: edges worn. Description by Edward S. Curtis: "Invocation and supplication enter so much into the life of the Indian that this picture of the grim old warrior invoking the Mysteries is most characteristic. The subject of the illustration is Slow Bull, whose biography is given in Volume III, page 189."; Original photogravure produced in Boston by John Andrew & Son, c1907. Title reproduced in photogravure. Photogravure print on Van Gelder Holland paper. R7100340794PublisherE.S. CurtisLanguageeng
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