Caption Reads: This painted robe is from the Cheyenne tribe. When a Cheyenne girl's first menses arrived, there was a large ceremony to celebrate. The girl was bathed and painted in red. Then, for a time, the girl sat in front of a tepee fire (a hot coale sprinkled with white sage, sweet grass, and cedar needles) which enveloped her in a purifying cloud of smoke. After she was cleansed, she was clad in her mother's finest robe (much like the one above), then was sent to the menstrual hut where she remained for four days, with the company of her grandmother, and there she was taught about her future duties.