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Painted Apache girl's puberty ceremony hide gift
Christian Naiche
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Devil Dance, Apache Skin Painting

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Black and white photographic postcard of an Apache skin painting of the Girl's Puberty Ceremony (also called Fire Dance, Devil Dance, or Crown Dance). Photograph with caption at bottom explaning significance of dance and painting. Folder 11

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Title(s): 
Apache girl’s puberty ceremony depiction
Creator(s): 
Christian Naiche (Artist)
Culture: 
Native American, Apache
Date: 
1850 - 1900
Dimensions: 
Print Size: 3.5" x 5.5"
Classification: 
Photographs
Object Type: 
Postcard
Accession No: 
4326.3596
Previous Number(s): 
72258
Department: 
Archive
Collection: 
Oklahoma Native American Photographs Collection
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