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Various Sizes - Matted Prints
This Yankton man wears an elk skin robe, fur removed for the summer heat, tanned a biscuit white color and covered with the painted war exploits of its owner. Unusual for a war history robe is the depiction of a bear. It is one theory that the bear motif with the meandering dotted line, or trail of the bear, leading to the figure of a pipe carrying leader, is meant to convey that this man had acquired bear power. This figure is most likely the robe's owner whose bear power enabled him to also kill four enemies as denoted by the four red immobilized figures encircled by the bear's trail.
The importance of the bear to this distinguished warrior can also be seen in the grizzly bear claws decorating his beaded moccasins and his bear claw necklace worn with the claws curving up - an unusual thing to do but not unheard of.
All of these allusions to bear power show us that this Sioux man is more than a great warrior, he is also a great shaman.
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Various Sizes - Matted Prints
This Yankton man wears an elk skin robe, fur removed for the summer heat, tanned a biscuit white color and covered with the painted war exploits of its owner. Unusual for a war history robe is the depiction of a bear. It is one theory that the bear motif with the meandering dotted line, or trail of the bear, leading to the figure of a pipe carrying leader, is meant to convey that this man had acquired bear power. This figure is most likely the robe's owner whose bear power enabled him to also kill four enemies as denoted by the four red immobilized figures encircled by the bear's trail.
The importance of the bear to this distinguished warrior can also be seen in the grizzly bear claws decorating his beaded moccasins and his bear claw necklace worn with the claws curving up - an unusual thing to do but not unheard of.
All of these allusions to bear power show us that this Sioux man is more than a great warrior, he is also a great shaman.
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