Clowns in the Santo Domingo Tablet Dance. 
Photo by E. W. 
Deming 
It is their duty to rush through the village and with 
little whips drive all the workers or dancers to fulfill their respective parts in the ceremony 
The Buffalo Dance, the Deer Dance 
and the Eagle Dance are examples of 
mimic animal dances. Headdress and 
body coverings are made when possible 
from the skins of the animals in question 
or color is used where skins cannot be 
worn. The characteristic cries and pos- 
tures of the animals are often cleverly 
the Buffalo Dance a 
animals, including deer, 
antelope and elk, are represented in 
addition to the Buffalo Men ard the 
imitated. In 
number of 
Photo by E. W. Deming 
Chanters in the Tablet Dance, Santo Domingo 
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