Image: Zia dancer

Description: Sia [Zia] buffalo dancer (The North American Indian; v.16) CREATOR Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952. SUMMARY Description by Edward S. Curtis: The Buffalo dance of the Keres is almost exactly the same as that of the Tewa. The performers are two young men with head-dresses of buffalo-hair and horns, and a girl wearing the usual female costume and a pair of small horns. The head of the hunters' society plays the part of guard. The dance is very strenuous, and the simulated actions of t he buffalo are quite realistic and readily comprehended by the spectator. NOTES 1 photogravure : brown ink ; 46 x 34 cm. Original photogravure produced in Norwood, Mass. by Plimpton Press, c1925. Original source: The Tiwa. The Keres. [portfolio] ; plate no. 560 Seattle : E.S. Curtis, 1926. "There are no known restrictions on publication or other forms of distribution of the photographs in this collection. The collection was acquired by the Library through copyright deposit and the copyright registrations expired and were not renewed. The images are now in the public domain." Library of Congress
Title: Zia dancer
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License: Public domain
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