Global Encounters and the Archives: Britain’s Empire in the Age of Horace Walpole
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The Dance of the Calumet of the Sun, or, Pipe of Peace, Performed on the Most Solemn Occasions by the Indian Nations in North America, January 21, 1809
Title
The Dance of the Calumet of the Sun, or, Pipe of Peace, Performed on the Most Solemn Occasions by the Indian Nations in North America, January 21, 1809
Description
The Dance of the Calumet of the Sun is ethnographic in nature, purporting to depict an important ritual. The performer on the left holds the calumet or "peace pipe," decorated with feathers. Practiced by many indigenous nations, calumet ceremonies –which might accompany both war and peace alliances –became more common with increased European colonial presence in North America. Catalog Record
Contributor
Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University Library
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Anonymous
