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The Cutting Scene, painting, Denver Art Museum, Colorado, USA

The Cutting Scene, Mandan O-Kee-pa Ceremony, painting, oil on canvas, 1832, by George Catlin, 1796-1872, in the Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, USA. The young Mandan Indians were willing participants in the O-Kee-pa, a sacred ceremony held to ensure their community’s prosperity. The men were suspended by splints inserted into their chest and back muscles (a procedure that, although painful, didn’t cause lasting injury). These men would have considered it a great honour to take part in the O-Kee-pa, at the end of which they were recognized as warriors of courage and fortitude. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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The Cutting Scene, Mandan O-Kee-pa Ceremony, painting, oil on canvas, 1832, by George Catlin, 1796-1872, in the Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, USA. The young Mandan Indians were willing participants in the O-Kee-pa, a sacred ceremony held to ensure their community’s prosperity. The men were suspended by splints inserted into their chest and back muscles (a procedure that, although painful, didn’t cause lasting injury). These men would have considered it a great honour to take part in the O-Kee-pa, at the end of which they were recognized as warriors of courage and fortitude. Picture by Manuel Cohen