The practice of scalping a defeated enemy corpse by the Native Americans g, stretched scalps for a scalp dance a, small scalps c, scalp on a war club d, scalp pole on a teepee f and trophy on a bridle b. Man who has survived a scalping h. Handcoloured lithograph from George Catlin's Manners, Customs and Condition of the North American Indians, London, 1841.

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