Tens-Qua-Ta-Wa or The One That Opens The Door : Shawnese Prophet Brother of Tecumthe / Painted for Gov. Lewis Cass by J.O. Lewis at Detroit 1823.
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- Title
- Tens-Qua-Ta-Wa or The One That Opens The Door : Shawnese Prophet Brother of Tecumthe / Painted for Gov. Lewis Cass by J.O. Lewis at Detroit 1823.
- Date
- [between 1835 and 1836]
- Notes
- Portrait of Tens-Qua-Ta-Wa (variantly called Tenskatawa, Tenskwatawah, Tensquatawa or Lalawethika) appearing to be blind in his right eye, holding a tomahawk and wearing a European-style shirt, green headscarf, ear and nose rings, red face paint and a gorget.
- Names and Subjects
- Tenskwatawa,--Shawnee Prophet,--1768-1813--Portraits.
- Blindness.
- Gorgets (Military insignia)
- Indians of North America--Portraits.
- Indians of North America--Treaties.
- Indians of North America--Clothing.
- Shawnee Indians--Portraits.
- Face painting--1820-1830.
- Headgear--1820-1830.
- Prophets--1820-1830.
- Shamans--1820-1830.
- Tomahawks--1820-1830.
- Prints shelf.
- Lehman & Duval Lithrs.,--lithographer.
- The aboriginal port-folio: a collection of portraits of the most celebrated chiefs of the North American Indians.
- United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- ID
- 6828
- Barcode
- B8384154
- Physical Description
- 1 print : lithograph, hand-colored ; sheet 43.7 x 28 cm
- Repository
- William L. Clements Library
- Date Added/Updated
- 2018-11-06 13:56:33
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- William L. Clements Library Image Bank
- Image Size
- 7648 x 10590
- File Size
- 3 MB
- Record
- 6828
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"Tens-Qua-Ta-Wa or The One That Opens The Door : Shawnese Prophet Brother of Tecumthe / Painted for Gov. Lewis Cass by J.O. Lewis at Detroit 1823.". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/w/wcl1ic/x-6828/wcl006894. In the digital collection William L. Clements Library Image Bank. William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. July 27, 2024.