Chief Pontiac

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People: 
Chief Pontiac, Obwandiyag
Protocol: 
Ziibiwing Center Public Access
Community: 
Ziibiwing Center
Category: 
SCIT Community
Tribe(s): 
Collections: 
Michigan Anishinaabe
Original Date Description: 
before 1935
Creator: 
Farnsworth, Jerry
Identifier: 
P11917, N22626
Subject: 
Anishinaabe of Michigan--1930s
Type: 
Print
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Jerry Farnsworth, life sized full length portrait of the Ottawa Chief Obwandiyag or Pontiac (ca. 1720-20 April 1769). He stands on a hill, with arm upraised, with bearclaw necklace, war club, beaded apron, feathers in hair, metal arm band, fringed leggings with cloth legbands, beaded moccasins, and fur(?) robe.

People: 
Chief Pontiac, Obwandiyag
Title: 
Ottawa Chief Obwandiyag or Pontiac
Protocol: 
National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) Public Access
Community: 
National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI)
Category: 
SCIT Community
Tribe(s): 
Collections: 
Michigan Anishinaabe
Original Date Description: 
before 1935
Creator: 
Farnsworth, Jerry
Language: 
English
Rights: 
For reproductions and permissions other than for personal or classroom use, please contact the National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution (nmaiarchives@si.edu)
Source: 
National Museum of the American Indian, Washington D.C.
Publisher: 
National Museum of the American Indian
Identifier: 
P11917, N22626
Subject: 
Anishinaabe of Michigan--1930s
Type: 
Print