Teton Sioux Music

A black and white portrait photograph of a Native American man identified as Gray Hawk. He is seated, looking forward with a steady expression. He wears a large, feathered headdress with a patterned headband. His torso is adorned with a traditional breastplate made of long, thin white beads, known as hairpipes Hairpipes: Long, cylindrical beads typically made of bone or shell, used in the traditional regalia of Plains Indian tribes., arranged in horizontal rows. He holds a wooden bow in his left hand and an arrow in his right, which rests across his lap. A thick animal hide, likely a buffalo robe, is draped over his seat on the right. The image is enclosed within a simple rectangular border and contains a small circular copyright mark in the lower right corner with the initials "F. B. F."

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Gray Hawk: A member of the Teton Sioux (Lakota) people who contributed to Frances Densmore's ethnological research.
Bureau of American Ethnology: A research unit of the Smithsonian Institution established in 1879 to study Indigenous cultures in North America.
Hairpipe breastplate: A form of decorative armor or regalia made from long beads, common among Plains tribes in the 19th century.