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American Indian Medicine Lodge, 1868
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Title: American Indian Medicine Lodge, 1868
Caption: Medicine Lodge. Interior of tent with patient and medicine men seated around. The sweat lodge (also called purification ceremony, sweat house, medicine lodge, medicine house, or sweat) is a ceremonial sauna and is an important event in some Native American cultures. There are several styles of sweat lodges that include a domed or oblong hut similar to a wickiup, or even a simple hole dug into the ground and covered with planks or tree trunks. Stones are typically heated in an exterior fire and then placed in a central pit in the ground. Medicine man is an English terms used to describe traditional healers and spiritual leaders among Native American and other indigenous or aboriginal peoples.
Category: ILLUSTRATION • black & white • Medical: History
Credit: Album / NLM/Science Source
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Image size: 2850 × 3831 px | 31.2 MB
Print size: 24.1 × 32.4 cm | 1122.0 × 1508.3 in (300 dpi)
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