Tshusick, An Ojibway Woman
Title
Tshusick, An Ojibway Woman
Identifier
2947007
Description
This portrait of Tshusick depicts her regalia after receiving materials to make it from Thomas McKenney. She wears a "chief's coat" with a wrap around skirt, leggings and moccasins.
Creator
Henry Inman after Charles Bird King
Date Created
1827
Source
Anishinaabe
Spatial Coverage
Mackinac Island
Abstract
For complete story of Tshusick, see Thomas McKenney - the portrait was taken in Washington, but she had been identified as a servant in a fur trade household at Macinac Island.
Medium
lithograph
References
McKenney, Thomas L.
1972 [1827] Sketches of a Tour to the Lakes. Barre, MA: Imprint Society (reprint); Willmott, Cory. 2013. Beavers and Sheep: Visual Appearance and Identity in Nineteenth Century Algonquian-Anglo Relations. History and Anthropology 25(1):1-46.
1972 [1827] Sketches of a Tour to the Lakes. Barre, MA: Imprint Society (reprint); Willmott, Cory. 2013. Beavers and Sheep: Visual Appearance and Identity in Nineteenth Century Algonquian-Anglo Relations. History and Anthropology 25(1):1-46.
Coverage
45.84918, -84.61893 (N 45°50′57″ W 84°37′08″)
Access Rights
Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1970-189-62 W.H. Coverdale Collection of Canadiana. Copyright: Expired
Physical Dimensions
Support 38.700 x 25.400 cm
Institution URL
Collection
Citation
Henry Inman after Charles Bird King, “Tshusick, An Ojibway Woman,” Mapping Anishinaabe Regalia, accessed September 19, 2024, https://iris.siue.edu/anishinaaberegalia/items/show/91.