Sapa, Hehaka.

LES RITES SECRETS DES INDIENS SIOUX. LE CALUMET. LA GARDE DE L'AME. LE RITE DE PURIFICATION. L'IMPLORATION D'UNE VISION. LA DANSE SU SOLEIL. L'APPARENTAGE. INITIATION FÉMININE; Textes recueillis et annotés par Joseph Epes Brown avec une introduction de Frithjof Schuon

Payot, Paris: Bibliothèque Scientifique, 1953. Wraps. 168p., photo plates, wrps (yellowing, with very light foxing to cover, pages yellowing and many unopened). Used; Like New. Item #120264

Anthropological and ethnohistorical study into the various rites of the Sioux indigenous peoples. With information on purification rites, the sun dance and female initiation ceremonies. With numerous period photo plates of tribal leaders and other figures of importance.

Price: $50.00