A pawnee horned spoon carved from buffalo horn. Spoons like these were included in Ghost Dance hand game bundles for corn and other food offerings at the end of play
Pipes like this one were included in Pawnee Ghost Dance hand game bundles. This pipe belonged to Mad Beae and was collected in 1878, after the Pawnee exile to Indian Territory
A painting done on a deerskin hide of a large circle of figures with several in the center. The artist paid close attention to clothing and hair styles, along with shinny sticks and hoop and stick game implements.
The four men seated on the lower left wear fringed shirts and are among the twelve powerful male beings Black Elk encountered. Upon waking, he “made six sacred shirts according to what these twelve men wore”
A ledger drawing. The caption reads, “Testing the Short Shirt Bullett (sic) Proofs Many Indians Cam to Witness this test.” One person shoots a gun at the other, the other wears a ghost shirt.
A ledger drawing. The caption reads, “Ghost Shirt Protecting a Sioux Escapee” Two people on one horse face backwards towards a line of guns. They also hold guns.Their horse and another horse are running away.
