Crow_Indians_offering_food_-Edward_S._Curtis.jpg


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English: The Oath Apsaroke by Edward S. Curtis depicting three Crow men giving a symbolic Oath. A piece of bison meat was stuck to the end of an arrow while the man spoke the oath. After speaking he touched the meat to his lips and placed it upon a red painted bison skull to show that his words are true.
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Original publication : 1908, U.S.A

Immediate source : http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2010/11/15/north-american-indian-photographs-by-edward-curtis/2551/
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Edward S. Curtis (1868–1952) wikidata:Q433128
Edward S. Curtis
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Birth name: Edward Sheriff Curtis; Edward Curtis; E. S. Curtis; E.S. Curtis; Edward Sherriff Curtis
Description American photographer, anthropologist, explorer, film director and screenwriter
Date of birth/death 16 February 1868 Edit this at Wikidata 19 October 1952 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Whitewater Los Angeles
Work period 1896 Edit this at Wikidata –1930 Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q433128


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