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VERY RARE IMAGE OF A CROW NAMING CEREMONY.

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4 3/4" X 6 3/4" gelatin silver print ca. 1905- 1910. As far as known this ceremony is not otherwise recorded. The naked baby lies on a buffalo robe. The name-giver stands at left. The mother sits to the baby's right, with the father to her right, his forehead painted. The grandmothers stand beside the tipi entrance. Numerous fascinating and significant details of this important image can be found here. Read an article by Mike Cowdrey on this image of a Crow naming ceremony.[3]

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