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George Miller drawing of Old Big Elk's tipi, painted with pictures of steam boats

National Museum of Natural History

George Miller drawing of Old Big Elk's tipi, painted with pictures of steam boats
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Object Details

sova.naa.ms4800_ref1785
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw38b192f6f-8c8a-40d8-8895-454133684dcf
Local Numbers
NAA INV.08724800 OPPS NEG.98-10213 NAA MS.4800: 190
Funding note
Digitization and preparation of these materials for online access has been funded through generous support from the Arcadia Fund.
Local Note
Originally referred to as "Old Oak's tipi" in title. Corrected 9/10/2012.
Album Information
MS 4800-190 002
Creator
Miller, George (Omaha)
Collection Creator
Dorsey, James Owen, 1848-1895
Creator
Miller, George (Omaha)
Culture
Omaha
Indians of North America -- Great Plains
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MS 4800 James O. Dorsey papers
MS 4800 James O. Dorsey papers / Series 1: Siouan-Catawban / 1.3: Dhegiha / George Miller drawings of Omaha tents and robes
Sponsor
Creation of this finding aid was funded through support from the Arcadia Fund. Digitization and preparation of additional materials for online access has been funded also by the National Science Foundation under BCS Grant No. 1561167 and the Recovering Voices initiative at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History.
Extent
1 Drawings (visual works) (graphite, watercolor, and ink, 17 x 21 cm.)
Date
1889
Archival Repository
National Anthropological Archives
Type
Archival materials
Drawings (visual works)
Ledger drawings
Collection Citation
Manuscript 4800 James O. Dorsey papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Collection Rights
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Genre/Form
Ledger drawings
Scope and Contents
Inscription reads "Old Big Elk's Tent. The steam-boats he saw when he went to Washington and saw the white people there for the first time. To show that the White people acknowledged him as a great chief."
Collection Restrictions
The James O. Dorsey Papers are open for research. Access to the James O. Dorsey Papers requires an appointment
NAA.MS4800_ref1785
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw38b192f6f-8c8a-40d8-8895-454133684dcf
NAA.MS4800
NAA
Record ID
ebl-1629288015215-1629288015683-1

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