Obverse: Medal. Indian Tribal Series; Chief Pontiac wearing a buffalo robe, skin books, tooth necklace, armband, and a feather-tufted plume. He is holding a club tomahawk. Inscription: “Sovereign Nation of the Ottawa.” “Chief Pontiac 1720-1769” “1976” Reverse: Collage of a tree, tomahawk-club, otter, and canoe. Inscription: “United We Stand Divided We Fall.” Size: 4.5 cm. Weight: 24.3792 g. Condition: enclosed in a plastic case Content: silver Provenience: U.S., Arizona, Phoenix. 2937 W. Indian School Road. Mint Date: 1976 Photos from June, 1977 Reference: Cash, Joseph H. and Gerald W. Wolff. The Ottawa People. 1976. Indian Tribal Series. Phoenix, Arizona.
Donor:
Cecil L. Smith
Collection place:
Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
Sovereign Nation of the Ottawa
Culture or time period:
Odawa
Collector:
Lois Smith
Materials:
Silver (metal)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Commemorative medals and Phoenixes
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions