Tshusick, An Ojibway Woman

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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.

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

Citation

Henry Inman after Charles Bird King, “Tshusick, An Ojibway Woman,” Mapping Anishinaabe Regalia, accessed November 12, 2024, https://iris.siue.edu/anishinaaberegalia/items/show/91.