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Artist:
Stanley, J. M.  Search this
Medium:
Panorama
Type:
Paintings
Exhibition Catalogs
Date:
1876
Notes:
Appears in exhibition catalog as entry no. [not numbered]
Is there a more lovely, yet more solemn scene, than the CHINOOK BURIAL PLACE? It is full of flowers, and full of sadness, too. The Garden of the Grave! The dead is placed in his canoe, and elevated above ground, for protection from the wolves. His arms, fishing-rods, and other property are by his side. His plates are arranged along the canoe. Provisions are furnished, to serve during the journey to the Happy Hunting Ground. Among the group beneath, is an Indian mother, with her child on her head. The babe is placed in a cradle formed of two boards, connected by a hinge, and drawn together by a string of Buffalo-skin, compressing the head to the proscribed shape. The other women of the group are assembled to bewail the dead. Their chants, and long, monotonous cries, sink and rise with an unearthly cadence. [Pp. 19-20; exhibited under heading: "Section Fourth."]
Scenes and Incidents of Stanley's Western Wilds. Washington: Printed at the Evening Star Office.
Topic:
Ceremony--Funeral  Search this
Ethnic--Chinook  Search this
Figure(s) In Exterior--Frontier  Search this
Western  Search this
Figure group--Female & Child  Search this
Ceremony--Indian  Search this
Control number:
AECI 06610041
Data Source:
Pre-1877 Art Exhibition Catalogue Index
EDAN-URL:
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