Medicine Bear. Ma-to-wa-ca. Chief of the upper Yanktonia Sioux. / Photographed and Published by S.J. Morrow, Yankton, Dakota

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Title: Medicine Bear. Ma-to-wa-ca. Chief of the upper Yanktonia Sioux. / Photographed and Published by S.J. Morrow, Yankton, Dakota
Creator: Morrow, Stanley J. photographer.
Other Title: Photographic Gems from the Great North-West.
Number: 107?
Published/Created: Yankton, Dakota : S.J. Morrow, [between 1878 and 1881]
Physical Description: 1 photograph : albumen print ; mount 8 x 18 cm (stereograph format)
Notes: Three-quarters length studio portrait of Medicine Bear seated wearing buffalo fur hat with affixed feathers and pair of cinder goggles resting on brim, grizzly bear claw necklace, hide shirt, and wool leggings while holding cavalry sword, pistol, eagle wing fan and fringed rifle case. Original negative likely produced approximately 1870 to 1872.; Title derived from contemporary inscribed image caption.; Printed on front left-hand margin: Photographed and Published by S.J. Morrow, Yankton, Dakota.; Printed on front right-hand margin: Photographic Gems from the Great North-West.; Possibly image referred to as "Cut Head Warrior in war costume, (Sioux)," No. 107 in S.J. Morrow's Photographic Gems of the Great Northwest, Indian Series.; "Medicine Bear" variant personal names: Ma-to-wa-ca, Mato Wakan, Matowaka.; "Yanktonai Indians" variant names: Ihankthunwana, Western Dakota Indians, Yanktonnai Indians.
Names and Subjects: Photographs shelf.; Richard Pohrt Jr. Collection of Native American Photography.; Dakota Indians.; Dakota Territory.; Indians of North America--Great Plains.; Medicine Bear--(Yanktonai chief)--Portraits.; Siouan Indians.; Sioux Nation.; Yanktonai Indians.; Claws--1870-1880.; Clothing & dress--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Daggers & swords--1870-1880.; Fans (Accessories)--Dakota--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Goggles--1870-1880.; Handguns--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Headdresses--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Hides & skins--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Indigenous peoples--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Necklaces--1870-1880.; Tribal chiefs--United States--1870-1880.
Genre: Albumen prints 1870-1890.; Portrait photographs 1870-1880.; Stereographs 1870-1890.
Collection Title: Richard Pohrt Jr. Collection of Native American Photography
Collection Creator: Pohrt, Richard, Jr.
ID: 144
Barcode: B10933105
Call Number: Photo Div Pohrt STE MorS.003
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Repository: William L. Clements Library

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Collection: Richard Pohrt, Jr. Collection of Native American Photography
Image Size: 5768 x 3060
File Size: 773 KB
Record: 144
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Full citation: "Medicine Bear. Ma-to-wa-ca. Chief of the upper Yanktonia Sioux. / Photographed and Published by S.J. Morrow, Yankton, Dakota". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/pohrt/x-144/ste067_001. In the digital collection Richard Pohrt, Jr. Collection of Native American Photography. William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. May 03, 2025.