Matowaka (Medicine Bear). / Photographed and Published by S.J. Morrow, Yankton, D.T.

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Title: Matowaka (Medicine Bear). / Photographed and Published by S.J. Morrow, Yankton, D.T.
Creator: Morrow, Stanley J. photographer.
Other Title: Photographic Gems from the Great North-West.
Number: 102?
Published/Created: Yankton, D.T. : S.J. Morrow, [between 1878 and 1881]
Physical Description: 1 photograph : albumen print ; mount 10 x 18 cm (stereograph format)
Notes: Full length outdoor portrait of Medicine Bear seated on buffalo robe and wearing buffalo fur hat affixed with feathers and pair of cinder goggles resting on brim, grizzly bear claw necklace, grizzly bear claw anklets, wool leggings, moccasins and hide jacket with bead embroidered floral designs while holding percussion rifle, pipe, tobacco bag and cavalry sword. Original negative likely produced approximately 1870 to 1872.; Contemporary inscribed image caption on verso: Matowaka.; Printed on front left-hand margin: Photographed and Published by S.J. Morrow, Yankton, Dakota.; Printed on front right-hand margin: Photographic Gems of the Great Northwest.; Title devised by cataloger.; Possibly image referred to as "Ma-to-wa-ca, or Medicine Bear, chief of the Upper Yanktonai (Sioux)", No. 102 in S.J. Morrow's Photographic Gems from the Great North-West, 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.; Beadwork--1870-1880.; Claws--1870-1880.; Clothing & dress--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Daggers & swords--1870-1880.; Embroidery--1870-1880.; Goggles--1870-1880.; Headdresses--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Hides & skins--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Indigenous peoples--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Pipes (Smoking)--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Necklaces--1870-1880.; Rifles--Dakota Territory--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: 145
Barcode: B10933106
Call Number: Photo Div Pohrt STE MorS.004
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Repository: William L. Clements Library

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Collection: Richard Pohrt, Jr. Collection of Native American Photography
Image Size: 5778 x 3366
File Size: 906 KB
Record: 145
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/pohrt/x-145/ste068_001

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