p7071

ARTIST: Yellow Nose or Little Face (U.S.A., 1848-1910)

TITLE OF WORK: The Ghost Dance of the Plains Indians

TYPE OF WORK: Painting, buckskin

DATE: 1891

COMMENTS: Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians form a circle. Within the circle some Indians stand with their arms upraised in trance or hold symbols of the cult.

LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: U.S.A., Native Americans

DANCE FORM: traditional

KEYWORDS: Indians, Native Americans, religion