Blackhawk-spiritbeing, Black Hawk, between 1880 and 1881

A ledger drawing by lakota sioux chief black hawk, depicting a horned thunder being (haokah) on a horse-like creature with eagle talons and buffalo horns. The creature's tail forms a rainbow that represents the entrance to the spirit world, and the dots represent hail. Accompanying the picture on the page were the words "dream or vision of himself changed to a destroyer and riding a buffalo eagle". Date: between 1880 and 1881.

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Author: Sioux Chief Black Hawk (born 1832)Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/

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19th-century drawings native american drawing ledger art drawings of native americans on horseback black hawk (artist)indigenous art of the americas history of painting sioux wakinyan heyoka visual arts of the indigenous peoples of the americas lakota religion black hawk