58 results for: Coast Salish Peoples
Cream pitcher with image of Kikisoblu (Princess Angeline), 1909
The image of Kikisoblu (Princess Angeline) was replicated on many souvenir items that sold in Seattle. This creamer was most likely purchased at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition held in 1909. Kikisoblu (Princess Angeline), also known in Lushootseed as Kikisoblu, Kick-is-om-lo, or Wewick, was the eldest daughter of Chief Si'ahl (Chief Seattle). She was born around 1820 and lived until she was…
ID Number:1981.7249.1
Date:1909
Watercolor drawing, "Bargaining with Indian Traders (at Alki Point in 1851)," by Emily Inez Denny, ca. 1870-1915
The daughter of one of Seattle’s founding families, Emily Inez Denny (1853 – 1918) was both a painter and writer. Greatly influenced by seeing the drawings of Sarah Willoughby as a student at the Washington Territorial University, she took on painting as a life-long pursuit. This scene was created by the artist based on stories told to her by her…
ID Number:1984.74.1
Date:Circa 1870-1915
Pencil drawing, "Forsaken (Camp on West Shore of Lake Union)," by Emily Inez Denny, 1876
The daughter of one of Seattle’s founding families, Emily Inez Denny (1853 – 1918) was both an artist and writer. Greatly influenced by seeing the drawings of Sarah Willoughby as a student at the Washington Territorial University, she took on painting and drawing as a life-long pursuit. A woman who thrived on the creation of art, Emily constantly traveled with…
ID Number:1984.74.3
Date:1876
Tumpline, Salish, from the Clara Young collection, ca. 1890
When local Native people had to carry heavy loads like a canoe or bundle of wood, they’d use a tumpline strap to redistribute the weight. The strings tie around the load, and the band goes across the forehead or chest. This tumpline was collected by Clara Young (1890-1983). Young was a schoolteacher in the early part of the 20th century…
ID Number:1985.40.46
Date:Circa 1890
Portrait of Kikisoblu (Princess Angeline) by Alma Zeltner, ca. 1930
Kikisoblu (Princess Angeline), also known in Lushootseed as Kikisoblu, Kick-is-om-lo, or Wewick, was the eldest daughter of Chief Si'ahl (Chief Seattle). She was born around 1820 and lived until she was in her mid-seventies. This portrait was painted several decades after her death, possibly from an Edward Curtis photograph as reference.
ID Number:1991.6
Date:Circa 1930
Portrait painting on board of Kikisoblu (Princess Angeline), ca. 1890s
This unsigned portrait of Kikisoblu (Princess Angeline) was allegedly painted from life when she was 106 years old, although Kikisoblu is thought to have lived to be around 86 years old.
ID Number:1993.85
Date:Circa 1890
Bow and two arrows, attributed to Kikisoblu (Princess Angeline), late 1800s
Kikisoblu (Princess Angeline), also known in Lushootseed as Kikisoblu, Kick-is-om-lo, or Wewick, was the eldest daughter of Chief Si'ahl (Chief Seattle). She was born around 1820 and lived until she was in her mid-seventies. As the story goes, Kikisoblu (Princess Angeline) asked her father, Chief Si'ahl (Chief Seattle), to trade this bow and arrow set at the Thedinga Hardware store…
ID Number:1994.16.1
Date:Circa 1890
Painted portrait of Kikisoblu (Princess Angeline) by Alma Royer Lorraine, ca. 1904
Kikisoblu (Princess Angeline), also known in Lushootseed as Kikisoblu, Kick-is-om-lo, or Wewick, was the eldest daughter of Chief Si'ahl (Chief Seattle). She was born around 1820 and lived until she was in her mid-seventies. The artist Alma Royer Lorraine (1858-1952) was born in Ohio and moved to Seattle in 1893. She studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and the…
ID Number:2001.55.1
Date:Circa 1904
Bust of Kikisoblu (Princess Angeline) by Alma Royer Lorraine, ca. 1909
Kikisoblu (Princess Angeline), also known in Lushootseed as Kikisoblu, Kick-is-om-lo, or Wewick, was the eldest daughter of Chief Si'ahl (Chief Seattle). She was born around 1820 and lived until she was in her mid-seventies. The artist Alma Royer Lorraine (1858-1952) was born in Ohio and moved to Seattle in 1893. She studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and the…
ID Number:2001.55.2
Date:Circa 1909
Duwamish carrying basket, attributed to Kikisoblu (Princess Angeline), ca. 1885
This basket was possibly made by Kikisoblu (Princess Angeline) to deliver clams and other materials to Seattle customers. Kikisoblu (ca. 1820-1896) was the daughter of Chief Si'ahl (Chief Seattle). The 1855 Treaty of Point Elliott required all Duwamish people leave Seattle to live on reservations, but Kikisoblu remained in a cabin on the waterfront. She earned a living doing laundry…
ID Number:2003.62.1
Date:1884-1896