"Waiting for Gabriel's trumpet" Indian burial, Crow, Montana, near Pryor
Date
1900
Summary
A covered casket (?) sits atop a wooden burial platform on a hilltop, possibly on the Native American Crow Reservation in Montana. Signs of frost line the securing ropes and platform poles.
Description
1 photoprint ; 10 x 13 cm. (4 x 5 in.)
Type of Material
Photographic prints.; Imaged.; Image
Subject
Crow Indians--Social life--Montana--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Montana--1890-1900.; Scaffold burial--Montana--1890-1900.
Format-Medium
Photograph
Source
Mrs. Louise Stegner
Rights Contact Information
Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History and Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library, at photosales@denverlibrary.org.
Reproduction Available for Purchase
Yes (digital reproduction)
Related Material
Image File: ZZR710031219
Notes
Condition: Photoprint has faded.; Title hand-written on back of print.; R7100312199
Filename
10031219.TIF
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