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Interior of Medicine Lodge during ceremony performed to invoke aid of Thunder Bird to end drought
Interior of Medicine Lodge during ceremony performed to invoke aid of Thunder Bird to end drought
Object Number 2004.29.5983
Display Title Interior of Medicine Lodge during ceremony performed to invoke aid of Thunder Bird to end drought
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Menominee Indians (Algonquian) Menominee, Kishena, Wis. Interior of Medicine Lodge during ceremony given to invoke aid of Thunder bird to end drought. A. Skinner 1910."
Keywords
  • Ceremony
  • Ethnographic
Subject
  • rain
  • Ceremony
Department Photographic
Date 1910
Artist Alanson Buck Skinner
Culture
  • Fox
  • Sauk
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Wisconsin
Additional Geographic Terms Great Lakes; Riverine region
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 11.43 x 16.51 cm (4 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.)

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