Sujet
Pipe depicting the spirits of a couple and a horse
Légende
Pipe depicting the spirits of a couple and a horse, Pipes could be used to make offerings of smoke in which the prayers of humans were carried to the metaphysical forces occupying an etherial region. They were frequently carved with spirit beings which could act as messengers between the two realms. USA. Plains Indian, Santee or Eastern. Sioux.
Info+
Werner Forman Archive/ Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, New York, USA
Crédit
Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman
Notre référence
UMG12A27_052
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
26,0Mo (1,2Mo) / 30,0cm x 21,7cm / 3548 x 2566 (300dpi)