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Object Number
2004.29.5842
Display Title
War dance
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: "Dakota Indians (Siouan) [Ind]ian War Dance. "Sent me from Yanktown [by Mr.] Finotti - Robt C. Winthrop [Presented?] to the Museum by Mr. Winthrop - Mar. 22, 1887."
Keywords
- Weaponry and Warfare
- Ethnographic
- Dance
Subject
- war
- Dance
Department
Photographic
Date
1850-1887
Culture
- Sioux
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Additional Geographic Terms
Highlands
Materials
Albumen print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions
Overall: 16.51 x 17.78 cm (6 1/2 x 7 in.)
Provenance
Donor
Donated by
Robert Charles Winthrop
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