Necklace, between 1800 and 1850

  • Meskwaki, Native American

Shell beads, brass beads, and cotton twine

  • Overall: 21 × 2 1/8 × 5/8 inches (53.3 × 5.4 × 1.6 cm)

Founders Society Purchase

81.818

Department

Indigenous Americas

Milford G. Chandler [1889-1981]

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

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

Meskwaki, Native American, Necklace, between 1800 and 1850, shell beads, brass beads, and cotton twine. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, 81.818.