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This is a drawing of Mahaskah, Chief of the Iowas, and son of Chief Mahaska and Rantchewaime. On the death of his father, Mahaskah was unanimously elected chief of the Iowas. The bear claws worn around his neck in this drawing belonged to his father. The drawing was copied from "The Indian Tribes Of North America with Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of the Principal Chiefs" by Thomas L. McKenney and James Hall, new edition, edited by Frederick Webb Hodge.
Creator: McKenney, Thomas Loraine, 1785-1859
Date: 1933
Item Number: 446010
Call Number: E99 I6.I WC *8
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 446010
Collections - Library
Date - 1930s - 1933
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Book - Illustrations
People - American Indians - Tribes - Iowa - White Cloud
Type of Material - Printed materials - Books - Illustrations
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