Shipshewana & Madeline Lasley

• Format: Still Image
• Language: unknown
• Published: William L. Clements Library 1880
• Subjects: Photographs shelf.; Richard Pohrt Jr. Collection of Native American Photography.; Algonquian Indians.; Citizen Potawatomi Nation; Oklahoma.; Indians of North America.; Lasley; Madeline, > approximately 1868 > -Portraits.; Potawatomi Indians.; Ribbon work.; Beadwork > 1880-1890.; Belts (Clothing) > 1880-1890.; Clothing & dress > United States > 1880-1890.; Embroidery > 1880-1890.; Hats > 1880-1890.; Indigenous peoples > United States > 1880-1890.; Necklaces > 1880-1890.; Tribal chiefs > United States > 1880-1890; anishina*
• Online Access: http://name.umdl.umich.edu/IC-POHRT-X-513%5DCAB201_002; https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/api/thumb/pohrt/513/CAB201_002/!250,250; https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/api/manifest/pohrt:513:CAB201_002

Studio group portrait of Shipshewana and Madeline Lasley (possibly husband and wife) standing before illustrated backdrop wearing mixtures of western and traditional clothing. Shipshewana wears broad brimmed hat decorated with feathers, beaded side stitch choker necklace, shell and bead necklaces, silver armbands, wool yarn sash, bead embroidered shirt and leggings, concho belts, and woven beadwork garters. Madeline Lasley wears various bead necklaces, ruffled blouse decorated with German silver brooches, silver bracelets, and blanket decorated with silk ribbon applique and German silver brooches.; Shipshewana shown in photograph likely son or grandson of Potawatomi chief Shipshewana who died in 1841.; Contemporary inscribed image caption on verso: Shipshewohno Madeline Lasely.; Title devised by cataloger.; "Shipshewana" variant personal names: Shipshewohno, Shup-She-Wah-No.; "Potawatomi Indians" variant names: Anishinaabe, Bodéwadmi Indians.