Native American Hidatsa Indian Dog Dance, 1830s

The name of the Hidatsa dancer is Pehriska-Ruhpa meaning; Two Ravens, a principal warrior and leader of the Hidatsa Dog Society. A dog dancer was one of the bravest warriors of the tribe and would to fight to the death to protect his people. The Dog Dance imitated battle maneuvers and was performed to bring success in battles. The Dog dancer's striking blue headdress is made of wild turkey and magpie feathers. He holds a war whistle and a Dog society emblem of a rattle made of deer hooves or deer claws attached to a beaded stick. In his other hand he holds a bow and arrow. Voyage dans l'interieur de l'Amerique du Nord, execute pendant les annees 1832-34. Karl Bodmer (February 11, 1809 - October 30, 1893) was a Swiss printmaker, lithographer, painter, illustrator and hunter. He accompanied the German explorer Prince Maximilian zu Wied-Neuwied on his Missouri River expedition. Bodmer was hired as an artist to record images of cities, rivers, towns and peoples they saw along the way, including the many tribes of Native Americans along the Missouri River and in that region

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