Nice photos of some cool pieces. Thanks Falcon.
The Pawnee drum is one of my favorites. There is a nice Cheyenne drum with a red winged blackbird that is pretty good, but this Pawnee one is super!
On larger war parties, there were often young guys that served as water carriers for the older warriors. Often, it might be a young guy going on his first war party. Sometimes they served this position for many trips. The water bag was a pericardium (heart sac) which was carried at the end of a forced stick. It was considered an honored position to be the water carrier. Sometime Lakota boys would tie a small string to the heart sac, and would pull the string when an older warrior was drinking, dousing him with water. It was a prank the was always expected, and accepted good naturedly. CC
