Albumen photograph, 7.25 x 9.25 in. (sight), by William Hanson Boorne, negative made July 1887 at a Sun Dance ceremony along the Belly River in southern Alberta. In this ritual a warrior dons his battle dress and has two wood skewers pierced through the skin on his chest. Rawhide ropes are attached to each skewer and to a tall pole, and the warrior must dance until he frees himself by way of the skewers ripping patches of flesh off of his chest. The tradition was known to be practiced by the Blackfoot, Lakota, and Gros Ventre, among others. Matted and framed, 14.5 x 16.75 in. overall. Condition: Appears very good, with the exception of a small cluster of small brown spots in the sky at upper right. Framed under museum glass. Not removed from frame for examination.
Albumen photograph, 7.25 x 9.25 in. (sight), by William Hanson Boorne, negative made July 1887 at a Sun Dance ceremony along the Belly River in southern Alberta. In this ritual a warrior dons his battle dress and has two wood skewers pierced through the skin on his chest. Rawhide ropes are attached to each skewer and to a tall pole, and the warrior must dance until he frees himself by way of the skewers ripping patches of flesh off of his chest. The tradition was known to be practiced by the Blackfoot, Lakota, and Gros Ventre, among others. Matted and framed, 14.5 x 16.75 in. overall. Condition: Appears very good, with the exception of a small cluster of small brown spots in the sky at upper right. Framed under museum glass. Not removed from frame for examination.
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