Choker Necklace, ca. 1885

  • Potawatomi, Native American

Beads, plant fiber, and leather

  • Overall: 24 1/4 inches (61.6 cm) Overall (woven area): 15 3/8 inches (39.1 cm)

Founders Society Purchase

81.53

Collected by Dr. John Linscott (Mayetta, Kansas, USA). (Lynn Munger, dealer, Fremont, Indiana, USA)

February 1971, purchased by Richard A. Pohrt [1911-2005] (Flint, Michigan, USA)

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

The Art of the Great Lakes Indians. Exh. cat., Flint Institute of Arts. Flint, MI, 1973, no. 301.

Potawatomi, Native American, Choker Necklace, ca. 1885, beads, plant fiber, and leather. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, 81.53.