Bear Claw Necklace, ca. 1835

  • Meskwaki, Native American

Bear claws, fur, glass beads, ribbon, horsehair and cloth

  • Overall: 17 1/2 × 14 × 4 inches (44.5 × 35.6 × 10.2 cm)

Founders Society Purchase with funds from Flint Ink Corporation

81.644

purchased by Milford G. Chandler [1889-1981] at Tama, Iowa, USA

purchased by Richard A. Pohrt [1911-2005] (Flint, Michigan, USA)

1981-present, purchased 1981 by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Bulletin of the DIA 59, no. 4 (1981): 106 (ill.). “Family Art Game.” DIA Advertising Supplement, Detroit News, April 29, 1984, p. 18 (ill.). “Family Art Game.” DIA Advertising Supplement, Detroit News, April 14, 1985, p. 4 (ill.). 100 Masterworks from the Detroit Institute of Arts. New York, 1985, pp. 86-87 (ill.). Penney, David W. Art of the American Indian Frontier: The Chandler-Pohrt Collection. Seattle and London, 1992, cat. no. 45. Penney, David W. and George C. Longfish. Native American Art. Southport, CT, 1994, pp. 68-69. Penney, David W. Art of the American Indian Frontier: A Portfolio. New York, 1995, plate no. 8.

Meskwaki, Native American, Bear Claw Necklace, ca. 1835, bear claws, fur, glass beads, ribbon, horsehair and cloth. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase with funds from Flint Ink Corporation, 81.644.