Tai-may, kiowaernes soldansdukke af crow-oprindelse

Forfatter/Opretter:

James Mooney (?)

Kredit:

James Mooney. Bureau of American Ethnology. 17th Annual Report. Part I. Smithsonian Institution. Washington, 1898. Government Printing Office

Shortlink:

https://dkwiki.dk/b/428eb

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Wikimedia Commons

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beskrivelse:

Tai-may is the symbol of power used by the Kiowa during the Skaw-tow (sun dance). The photo shows a copy of the real Tai-may doll, which was given to Hugh Lenox Scott by a Kiowa. The real Tai-may is most likely a copy of a crow doll brought to the Kiowa by an Arapaho. It is about two feet in lenght (60 cm.) and it is an image of a human figure, a woman without legs. On its head is an eagle plume

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Public domain