MS 4815 Dakota medallion belonging to J. Owen Dorsey
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 4815

 OPPS NEG 48408
name: label: Collector
content: Dorsey, James Owen, 1848-1895
label: Correspondent
content: Stirling, Matthew Williams, 1896-1975
label: Correspondent
content: Harrington, John Peabody, 1884-1961
creator: label: Collector
content: Dorsey, James Owen, 1848-1895
label: Correspondent
content: Stirling, Matthew Williams, 1896-1975
label: Correspondent
content: Harrington, John Peabody, 1884-1961
culture: label: Culture
content: Dakota (Eastern Sioux)
unitdate: label: Date
content: dated 1872
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Previously titled "Letter concerning Dakota medallion."
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS4815
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Includes Autograph letter signed from Matthew W. Stirling to John P. Harrington. No date, 1 slip. Typescript letter signed from Harrington to Stirling. No date, 1 slip. Correspondence includes the meaning of the Dakota inscription "Okodakiciye Wakan Oceti Xakowin," Church of the Seven Council Fires [the Dakota]. The medallion was formerly in the possession of J. Owen Dorsey. See also photo of medallion, filed Dak. negative number 48,408.