Medicine tepee
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Call Number |
X-31654 |
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Title |
Medicine tepee |
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Creator(s) |
Bailey, Dix & Mead. |
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Summary |
An old Native American woman (Dakota) sits in front three tepees by an animal skin staked for tanning, probably the Dakota Territory. |
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Date |
1882? |
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Notes |
Formerly F13174.; Printed on back of card: "Address Bailey, Dix & Mead, Fort Randall, D. T."; Title, historical information, and list of available titles printed on label on back of card. Historical information reads: "This is the largest Teepe belonging to the camp. Here the Indians congregate evenings, to sing and dance, until the medicine man, who sits by the side of a drum, 'made of a tin boiler,' beating it with a stick, calls out that he has made his medicine, 'in thoughts,' when they all retire to their Teepes' to await the morning dawn, when they again congregate in front of the medicine teepe to learn the medicine man's dream or vision. Also the old squaw, 90 years old, watching the work of some preparation on a wolf skin that she is tanning."; R7100316541 |
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Physical Description |
1 copy negative ; 13 x 10 cm. (5 x 4 in.); 1 photoprint on stereo card : stereograph ; 12 x 18 cm. (4 1/2 x 7 in.) |
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Subject |
Dakota Indians--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.
Indians of North America--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.
Dakota Territory--1880-1890.
Hides & skins--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.
Tanning--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.
Tipis--Dakota Territory--1880-1890. |
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Rights |
Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library. |
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Reproduction Available for Purchase |
Yes (digital reproduction) |
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Type of Material |
Film negatives.; Stereographs.; Imaged.; Image |
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Relation |
Image File: ZZR710031654 |
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Format-Medium |
Photograph |
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Identifier |
F13174 DPLW |
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Filename |
10031654.TIF |
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