[Lakota Grass Dance]
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Summary
| Description | Eleven dancers, including two boys (Johnny Burke No Neck, Seven Up) stand with their feet still, but their bodies swaying slightly. In the upper left corner, a mallet belonging to a drummer whose body is cut off by the frame begins to beat a hide drum, first with two slow beats and then more rapidly. Staring directly at the spectator, the boy on the left (Johnny Burke No Neck) opens his mouth wide in a silent shout, and the dancing begins. The man on the right, in a full headdress, whirls into the center. The brightness of the dancers' bone breastplates, the white feathers on their heads, and the white beadwork on their moccasins help the viewer to track them as they circle in clockwise fashion. |
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| Date | 1894 |
| Source | www.loc.gov |
| Author | seven up, no neck, johnny burke, heise, william, thomas a. edison, inc, dickson, w. k.-l. (william kennedy-laurie), last horse |
Licensing
Public Domain
Attribution: seven up, no neck, johnny burke, heise, william, thomas a. edison, inc, dickson, w. k.-l. (william kennedy-laurie), last horse, 1894