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Forward movement of side line of dancers in Buffalo Dance, San Ildefonso. 
Photo by E. W. Deming, 1893 
To the rhythmic beat 
of drums the dancers advance slowly, swaying alternately to right and left and shaking their rattles 
toward the ground on the one side and then on the other 
Photo by E. W. Deming, 1893 
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In the center be- 
tween the side lines of 
the buffalo dance are 
the Indian dancers rep- 
resenting animals and 
imitating their move- 
ments, three buffalo 
(two bulls and one fe- 
male), two black-tailed 
deer and two antelopes. 
The Indians represent- 
ing buffalo wear the 
complete buffalo head 
as a headdress. Speci- 
mens of these head- 
dresses as well as those 
worn in the Deer Dance 
are on exhibition in the 
American Museum 
