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- Date created
- 1870-1900
- Culture/People
- Potawatomi
- Previous owner
- Suzy Bemish, Potawatomi
- David T. Vernon (David Thomas Vernon/David C. Vernon), Non-Indian, 1900-1973
- Jackson Hole Preserve, Inc. (Jackson Hole Preserve, Incorporated), 1940-
- Collection History
- Formerly owned by Suzy Bemish (Potawatomi); collected from her by Indian art collector David T. Vernon (1900-1973) at an unknown date; acquired by MAI in 1968 through an exchange with the Jackson Hole Preserve, Inc. (a foundation backed by the Rockefeller family), which purchased Vernon's entire collection in 1965.
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- Place
- Big Stone Lake Settlement, Forest County Potawatomi Reservation; Oneida County; Wisconsin; USA
- See related items
- Potawatomi
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 24/4544
- Barcode
- 244544.000
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Object Name
- Brooch (No image available)
- Media/Materials
- German silver ("nickel silver"/copper-nickel alloy)
- Techniques
- Incised, punched
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_260257