Skip to main content
Collections Menu

Bust of Hiawatha

Artist Edmonia Lewis (American, 1845-1907)
Date1868
Mediummarble on original socle
Dimensions12 1/2 × 7 1/2 × 4 in. diameter at base (31.8 × 19.1 × 10.2 cm)
Classification(s)
  • SCULPTURE
Credit LineMuseum purchase, Otis Family Acquisition Trust
Terms
  • portrait
Object numberM.2018.5
DescriptionA cabinet-sized marble carved fully in the round. The Ojibwe Indian is sculpted as a youth, and wears a feathered headdress, a necklace, and a one-shoulder leather and fur tunic.
Inscribedsigned rear of bust: EDMONIA LEWIS / ROMA
On View
On view
Exhibitions