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Detail of Kiowa calendar illustrating the year 1881

Catalog Data

Names:
Da'tekan  Search this
Keeps His Name Always  Search this
Extent:
1 Photograph (8x10 in)
Culture:
Kiowa  Search this
Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Date:
1881-1896
Scope and Contents:
Illustrated with two pictographs, one showing Da'tekan (Keeps His Name Always), a medicine man, in his tipi with a robe over his shoulder and a buffalo beneath his feet; the second pictograph represents Da'tekan's attempt to bring back the buffalo.
Biographical / Historical:
Date: Not recorded; 1881-1896.
Local Numbers:
OPPS NEG.754303
Local Note:
Black and white copy negative
Genre/Form:
Photographs
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Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw369945316-550b-44cc-8562-e4d0ac07effb
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-176-ref9624