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Various Sizes - Matted Prints
The sacred tobacco leaf was so important to the Crow Indians of Montana and Wyoming that tobacco societies sprang up within the tribe. The Crows believed that it is the Crow Tobacco Society and their complex, ritualistic cycle of planting, initiating new members, and harvesting the crops that ensured the continuance and well-being of the Crow as a great people.
In addition to sending his prayers to heaven through the smoke of his pipe, this Crow man also beseeches the Creator through the use of feathers. Birds are seen by many native peoples as being from the Upper World and symbolize the powers of the sky. Feathers are seen as potent medicine and are themselves able to carry messages to the spirit world.
Dressed in his best robe decorated with a beautiful, beaded strip and ceremonial eagle feather bonnet, our Crow Indian also holds his most treasured feather fan made from an antique turkey feather duster festooned by extravagant peacock feathers received in trade with European- Americans. Out of a sense of honor and reverence, this man has made sure that he does not go empty handed when going before his Creator.
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Various Sizes - Matted Prints
The sacred tobacco leaf was so important to the Crow Indians of Montana and Wyoming that tobacco societies sprang up within the tribe. The Crows believed that it is the Crow Tobacco Society and their complex, ritualistic cycle of planting, initiating new members, and harvesting the crops that ensured the continuance and well-being of the Crow as a great people.
In addition to sending his prayers to heaven through the smoke of his pipe, this Crow man also beseeches the Creator through the use of feathers. Birds are seen by many native peoples as being from the Upper World and symbolize the powers of the sky. Feathers are seen as potent medicine and are themselves able to carry messages to the spirit world.
Dressed in his best robe decorated with a beautiful, beaded strip and ceremonial eagle feather bonnet, our Crow Indian also holds his most treasured feather fan made from an antique turkey feather duster festooned by extravagant peacock feathers received in trade with European- Americans. Out of a sense of honor and reverence, this man has made sure that he does not go empty handed when going before his Creator.
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