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Pipestone/catlinite tablet
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| Description | Parallelogram pipestone tablet inscribed with Bible verses (Matthew 5:46 and 18:3) in script, in Dakota. Reads, "Matthew 5:46: Tona waste ni dapi, Kin hena waste wi cayadapi kin." A letter of Verna Goodthunder, of Morton, Minnesota dated March 27, 1939, to Miss Kern Bayliss reads in part, "Am sending you my father's name and translation of the verse. Name: Charles Whipple Goodthunder; Translation of those words: Matthew 5:46 'For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? Do not even the Publicans the same?" |
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| Quantity | 1 item |
| Format | Content Category: artifacts |
| Measurements | 5 3/8 inches length at longest angle 2 3/8 inches width 1/4 inches thickness |
| Nomenclature | Carving (visual work) |
| Creation | Made by (possibly) Dakota Indians Made in Minnesota, United States |
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Used by: Good Thunder, Charles Whipple Other type: Good Thunder, Verna Sarah Collected by: Whipple, Bishop Henry Benjamin Made by (possibly) Dakota Indians Made in Minnesota, United States Indian. Art Office Equipment & Supplies. Desk Accessories. Paperweights Religion |
| Dates | Discovery: Approximately 1860 - Approximately 1901 |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Sibley House Association of the Minnesota Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution |
| Holding Type | 3D Objects |
| ID Number | 1580 |
