George Miller drawing of Old Big Elk's tipi, painted with pictures of steam boats
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA INV.08724800

OPPS NEG.98-10213

NAA MS.4800: 190
label: Funding note
content: Digitization and preparation of these materials for online access has been funded through generous support from the Arcadia Fund.
label: Local Note
content: Originally referred to as "Old Oak's tipi" in title. Corrected 9/10/2012.
label: Album Information
content: MS 4800-190 002
name: label: Creator
content: Miller, George (Omaha)
label: Collection Creator
content: Dorsey, James Owen, 1848-1895
creator: label: Creator
content: Miller, George (Omaha)
culture: label: Culture
content: Omaha
label: Culture
content: Indians of North America -- Great Plains
setName: label: See more items in
content: MS 4800 James O. Dorsey papers
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content: MS 4800 James O. Dorsey papers / Series 1: Siouan-Catawban / 1.3: Dhegiha / George Miller drawings of Omaha tents and robes
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Drawings (visual works) (graphite, watercolor, and ink, 17 x 21 cm.)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1889
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Drawings (visual works)
label: Type
content: Ledger drawings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Ledger drawings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: 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."