Hymnal and cover

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Date created: 1894-1915

Culture/People: Lakota (Teton/Western Sioux)
Previous owner: Edna Biller (Edna Peninger/Mrs. George Biller, Jr.), Non-Indian, 1879-1952; Richard G. Taggart (Richard Gordon Taggart), Non-Indian, 1928-1997; Doris C. Taggart (Doris Lu Cyphers/Mrs. Richard G. Taggart), Non-Indian, 1927-1997
Donor: Richard G. Taggart (Richard Gordon Taggart), Non-Indian, 1928-1997; Doris C. Taggart (Doris Lu Cyphers/Mrs. Richard G. Taggart), Non-Indian, 1927-1997
Previous owner: Reverend Frank R. Jones (Frank Richard Jones), Non-Indian, 1876-1948; Kate Jones (Kate Muriel Biller/Mrs. Frank R. Jones), Non-Indian, 1887-1972

Collection History: Printed hymnal ("Okodakiciye-Wakan Odawan") published by Thomas Whittaker and Church Literature Press, New York, New York, in 1894; this copy with its decorated cover formerly owned by Edna Peninger Biller (1879-1952), whose husband, Reverend George Biller, served as an Episcopal minister on the Rosebud Reservation between 1908 and 1912 and as bishop of South Dakota from 1912 to 1915; probably given by Edna Biller to her sister-in-law Kate Murial Biller Jones (1887-1972) and her husband, Reverend Frank Richard Jones (1876-1948), at an unknown date; inherited by Richard Gordon Taggart (1928-1997, a grandson of Kate and Richard Jones); donated to NMAI by Richard G. Taggart and his wife Doris Cyphers Taggart (1927-1997) in 1992.
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Place: Rosebud Reservation; Todd County; South Dakota; USA (inferred)

See related items: Lakota (Teton/Western Sioux); Ceremonial/Ritual items

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 25/3885
Barcode: 253885.000

Object Type: Ceremonial/Ritual items
Indigenous Term: Wakan Cekiye Odowan (Holy Prayer Hymnal)

Object Name: Hymnal and cover
Media/Materials: Paper, hide, porcupine quills, dye/dyes, thread
Techniques: Printed, bound, sewn, quilled (lane stitched)
Dimensions: 22 x 15 x 2.5 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws63bcb9d33-ac6d-4ae6-ab7f-18016b4d973a

Record ID: NMAI_269588