Brooch
Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected by anthropologist Frank G. Speck (1881-1950) in 1929; purchased by MAI from Frank Speck in 1929.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Date created
- 1830-1850
- Catalog Number
- 16/4872
- Barcode
- 164872.000
- Culture/People
- probably Iroquois (attributed); collected from the Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg (Maniwaki Algonquin) [River Desert]
- Seller
- Dr. Frank G. Speck (Frank Gouldsmith Speck/F.G. Speck/FGS), Non-Indian, 1881-1950
- Collector
- Dr. Frank G. Speck (Frank Gouldsmith Speck/F.G. Speck/FGS), Non-Indian, 1881-1950
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Object Name
- Brooch
- Media/Materials
- Silver
- Techniques
- Hammered, cutout
- Place
- Ontario, Québec, New York; Canada, USA (inferred)
- See related items
- Iroquois
- Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg (Maniwaki Algonquin) [River Desert]
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Record ID
- NMAI_176340
- Usage
- CC0
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