buffalo skull
Prairie bovine remains
A buffalo skull is the skeletal head of a bison, often displayed as a symbol of the American West.
These sun-bleached bones appear in Western art, Native American spirituality, and rustic décor, evoking frontier history and the near-extinction of the great herds: A buffalo skull hung above the fireplace.
They serve as memento mori for the vanished prairie.
- bisonLarge wild ox
- hornsBony animal projections
- plainsBroad, level grasslands
- prairie grassFlatland vegetation type
- Native AmericanOriginal inhabitants of America
sun dance · bones · prairie · taxidermy · western · Old West · wild frontier · frontier · mounted · hunting trophy · white · sacred · spirit animal · sacred ceremony · ritual · hunting · Great Plains · death
- Lakota Spiritualityvision quest, medicine man, sacred pipe, sweat lodge, pipe ceremony
symbolic register
buffalo skullspring blossom
Flower opening in warmer months
seedling · tree of life · sapling · beating heart · cradle