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Image Not Available for Burnt sweet grass taken from the consecrated earth, back of buffalo skull at Sun Dance
Burnt sweet grass taken from the consecrated earth, back of buffalo skull at Sun Dance
Image Not Available for Burnt sweet grass taken from the consecrated earth, back of buffalo skull at Sun Dance
Object Number 82-45-10/27500
Display Title Burnt sweet grass taken from the consecrated earth, back of buffalo skull at Sun Dance
Descriptions
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Oglala Sioux
  • Teton
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Nebraska
Additional Geographic Terms Pine Ridge Agency, near
Provenance
Collector Alice C. Fletcher (July 1882 - November 1882)
Donor Alice C. Fletcher (July 1882 - November 1882)

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