FULL-LENGTH COSTUMED FIGURES OF CATLIN'S INDIAN COL- 

 LECTION, 1848. 



[Catalogue, from Nos. 608 to 619, pages 51*-53*.] 



After Mr. Catlin's return to London from Paris in 1848, he added to 

 his gallery a series of full-length costumed figures. These are noted in 

 his Waterloo Place catalogue of 1848. The figures, modeled from life, 

 were taken from the Ojibbeway and loway Indians, who visited London 

 and Paris in 1844-'45. The costumes and implements of war and the 

 chase were those forming part of the Indian Museum, and were worn by 

 the Indians painted in the United States in 1830-'38, and are shown in 

 the series of portraits and paintings Nos. 1 to 310, and E^os. 311 to 503 

 herein, and now composing the Catlin Indian Gallery in the l^ational 

 Museum, and of which this work is descriptive. 



These figures and costumes became the property of Mr. Joseph S. 

 Harrison, jr., aloDg with the gallery and museum, and were shipped to 

 Philadelphia with them. The robes, dresses, and some other objects 

 were mostly destroyed by moths, fire, and water. These were buried 

 in the yard of Harrison's boiler works, on the east bank of the Schuyl- 

 kill, Philadelphia, in May, 1879. 



The masks, heads, and a few of the implements of war and the chase 

 were preserved, and are now in the National Museum. The great 

 loss sustained in the destruction of these costumes is partially over- 

 come by the fact that the portraits, I^os. 1 to 310 herein, and the other 

 pictures, No. 310 to 507, reproduce them. The list is given in full with 

 reference to pictures of the gallery, showing the figures and costumes. 



These figures were added to the gallery in London, on reopening in 

 1848, for attraction, to replace the live Indians who before had been an 

 important feature of the exhibition. 



[From catalogue of Catlin's Indian collection, 1848.] 



These figures, and the portraits and other paintings from No. 507 ire the catalogue, have been 

 added to the collection since it tvas in the Egyptian Rail, London. 



603. Shon-ta-yi-ga, tlie Little Wolf ; an loway warrior of distinction, who visited 

 Loudon in 1846 with a party of thirteen others ; armed with shield, bow, 

 and quiver; the head moulded from life, in plaster. 



609. Se-^non-ti-yah, the Blister Feet ; a celebrated doctor and medicine (mystery) 



man ; also one of the loway party in London in 1846. The head moulded 

 in plaster from the life ; head-dress of eagles' quills and ermine, and horns 

 of the buffalo. 



610. "Wash-ka-mon-ya, the Fast Dancer, familiarly called " Jim " ; an loway brave 



of distinction ; one of the loway party in London in 1846. Fully armed 

 with bow, shield, and tomahawk ; head moulded in plaster, from life. 

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