wolf pelt, tanned hide, red stroud, feathers, metal, quills (undyed), cord

From card: "MCKENNEY COLLECTION: SEE ILLUS. IN ....... [McKenney-Hall Portrait Gallery]. STRIP OF WOLF SKIN WITH VERTICAL SLIT MIDWAY. EARS AND MUZZLE OUTLINED WITH A STRIP OF RED WOOL CLOTH. EARS AND 'TAIL' ATTACHED TO MAIN STRIP. METAL DISCS ON RED CLOTH CIRCLES REPRESENT EYES. ATTACHED STRIP OF SKIN WITH QUILL-WRAPPED SELF FRINGE OUTLINES FACE OF ANIMAL. FOUR GROUPS OF BLACK BIRD FEATHERS ATTACHED DOWN THE LENGTH OF THE SKIN. LOANED TO POLITICAL HISTORY DIVISION JULY 18, 1974. RETURNED 11-29-82. *SEE P. 47 OF THE INDIAN LEGACY OF CHARLES BIRD KING BY HERMAN VIOLA, SMITHSONIAN PRESS, 1976, WHERE THIS ARTIFACT IS IDENTIFIED AS HAVING BELONGED TO OKEEMAKEEQUID, CHIPPEWA." From NMNH website: "This item has been added to Accession 67A00050, the War Dept collection, on the basis of association with Thomas McKenney, who organized and maintained that collection. It is listed in the original catalog ledger as coming from "Varden (Washington Museum)"

Accessioned at end date

Thomas L. McKenney was Superintendent of Indian Trade from 1816–1822, and Superintendent of Indian Affairs (with the US Dept of War) from 1824-1830. McKenney organized a collection for the US Dept of War. His three-volume "History of the Indian Tribes of North America" included lithographs from commissioned portraits of various Chiefs by Charles Bird King (some copied from watercolours by James Otto Lewis), many of which featured objects in this collection. Plate 20 depicts Ogima-giigid wearing the stole.