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| Medicine
Crow - Apsaroke |
| 1908 |
Image Size: 16" x 12" |
| Platinum Print |
Paper Size: 24" x 20" |
Medicine Crow is a classic Northern Plains male
portrait. Medicine Crow was an Apsaroke warrior from Montana.
Curtis was particularly fond of the Apsaroke people as their
culture was still largely intact and they were fierce warriors
and a proud people.
The hawk fastened to Medicine Crow’s head is illustrative
of the manner of wearing the symbol of one’s tutelary
spirit. The Apsaroke believed that all success in life was attributed
to one’s spirit guardian and that it inhabited only the
soul of a worthy person. |
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