Maker's mark: J. T. Montreal
Inscribed and dated on face: MATCHIWITA | 1801
Silver
Founders Society Purchase
81.189
Indigenous Americas
Maker's mark: J. T. Montreal
Inscribed and dated on face: MATCHIWITA | 1801
Mrs. Hugh A. Graham (Traverse City, Michigan, USA), "given to my husband's mother by the son of a chief
" (Lynn Munger, dealer, Fremont, Indiana, USA)
1964, purchased by Richard A. Pohrt [1911-2005] (Flint, Michigan, USA)
1981-present, purchased 1981 by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Penney, David W. Art of the American Indian Frontier: The Chandler-Pohrt Collection. Seattle and London: The Detroit Institute of Arts and University of Washington Press, 1992, cat. no. 150.
Ottawa, Native American, Pectoral, ca. 1801, silver. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, 81.189.