Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952)
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Title:
*50% OFF OPPORTUNITY* The Sacred Turtles - Mandan, Vol. V
Date:
1908
Size:
Volume, 9.5 x 12.5 inches
Medium:
Vintage Photogravure
The Turtles were found to be made of heavy buffalo skin, and considering the material used are excellently well formed. Their length is about twenty inches, and the weight probably twenty pounds each. The priests claim for these Turtle drums freat weight because each contains a spirit buffalo, a belief which they carefully keep alive in the minds of the people by pretending to exert great strength in handling them.