Black Elk and Elk of the Oglala Lakota -1887

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Summary[edit] Description: English: Black Elk and Elk of the Oglala Lakota as grass dancers touring with the Buffalo Bill Wild West Show, London, England, 1887 (source: The Sixth Grandfather: Black Elk's Teachings Given to John G. Neihardt, edited by Raymond J. DeMallie, page 259. The men are wearing "sheep and sleigh bells; otter fur waist and neck pieces; pheasant feather bustles at the waist; dentalium shell necklaces; and bone hairpipes with colored glass beads..Photograph collected on Pine Ridge Reservation in 1891 by James Mooney. Courtesy National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution"). Date: 21 June 2007, 06:20:29. Source: http://oyate1.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=pictures&action=display&thread=2069. Author: Elliott & Fry - London, England.