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Object Number
76-25-10/9523
Display Title
Studio portrait of Qui-wi-sain-shish (Bad Boy) Chief of Gull Lake Chippewas
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: Ojibwa Indian (Algonquian) Qui-wi-sain-shish. (Bad Boy) Chief of Gull Lake Chippewas. Who to escape the vengence of Indians when they discovered his friendship for the whites, in the outbreak of 1862, was obliged to seek protection in Fort Ripley. Whitney's Gallery, Saint Paul. From D.A. Robertson, Feb. 29, 1876.
Keywords
- Ethnographic
- Proper Name
Subject
- Chief
- Portrait
Department
Photographic
Date
1850-1899
Artist
Whitney's Gallery
Culture
- Southwestern Chippewa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Additional Geographic Terms
Great Lakes; Riverine region; Gull Lake
Dimensions
Overall: 5.72 x 8.26 cm (2 1/4 x 3 1/4 in.)
Provenance
Donor
Donated by
Dr. A. Robertson
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