Obverse: Medal. Indian Tribal Series; An Indian man offering a peace pipe to a white man while two Indian men look on. Indian and white soldiers are standing in the background. Inscription: “Sovereign Nation of the Chitimacha.” “1975” Reverse: Scene of an eagle snatching a fish out of a decorated bag. Stalks of wheat, a bird, and a spider in its web are on either side of the bag. 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: 1975 Photos from June, 1977 Reference: Hoover, Herbert T. The Chitimacha People. 1975. Indian Tribal Series. Phoenix, Arizona.
Donor:
Cecil L. Smith
Collection place:
Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
Sovereign Nation of the Chitamacha
Culture or time period:
Chitimacha
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