Hotamitaye Society, Cheyenne Sun Dance
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Hotamitaye Society, Cheyenne Sun Dance
Artist
Edward Sheriff Curtis
(1868 - 1952)
Date1930
MediumPhotogravure
ClassificationsPrint
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2005.28.662
Accession number
2005.28.662
DescriptionPlate 661On View
Not on viewLabel TextAccording to Curtis, the members of this Southern Cheyenne band went to a nearby forest to cut tree poles they will use to build the lodge for their Sun-Dance ceremony. While in the forest, some of the men decorated themselves and their horses with willow branches. The horsemen in the back drag the poles to the camp.