Brooch
Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Indian art collector David T. Vernon (1900-1973); 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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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Date created
- probably 1700–1800
- Catalog Number
- 24/4612
- Barcode
- 244612.000
- Culture/People
- probably Non-Indian (archaeological) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- David T. Vernon (David Thomas Vernon/David C. Vernon), Non-Indian, 1900-1973
- Jackson Hole Preserve, Inc. (Jackson Hole Preserve, Incorporated), 1940-
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Object Name
- Brooch
- Media/Materials
- German silver ("nickel silver"/copper-nickel alloy)
- Techniques
- Perforated
- Place
- Walpole Island, Lake Saint Clair; Walpole Island Reserve (Bkejwanong); Lambton County; Ontario; Canada
- Archipelago
- Great Lakes Islands
- Island Name
- Walpole Island
- Island Grouping
- Lake Saint Clair Islands
- See related items
- Non-Indian (archaeological)
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Record ID
- NMAI_260313
