Medicine Men Divide Entrails of Newly Slaughtered Buffalo

Helen M. Post (1907-1979)

Date

1938
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Gelatin silver print
Dimensions

Image: 9 3/8 x 7 3/4 in.
Sheet: 9 15/16 x 7 15/16 in.
Inscriptions

Verso:
u.r. in graphite: 1938 \ nav.
c. in graphite: Unposed, but with permission from \ participants who prepared ceremonial. \ Medicine men divide entrails \ blood an sinew of newly slaughtered \ buffalo (to be cooked ina pit \ for a big tribale celebration \ at Window Rock, Arizona), Photos \ were made for the use of school \ children who were shown exhibitions \ of photos after returning to their local \ schools. Adults were also using the \ equipment of these schools for laundry \ shampoo, and sewing. Both \ men \ and women. I think you might like \ the Navajo very much. They picked up \ much from contact with Mexicans.
l.l. to l.r. in graphite: Unspotted print from a \ 6 x 6 cm negative, Rolleiflex camera with \ smallest sychronized flash to cut shadow.
Collection Name

Helen M. Post Collection
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, Gift of Peter Modley
Accession Number

P1985.50.879
Copyright

© Amon Carter Museum of American Art

Location: Off view

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