Pectoral, ca. 1801

  • Ottawa, Native American

Silver

  • Overall: 1/2 inches × 7 1/8 inches (1.3 × 18.1 cm)

Founders Society Purchase

81.189

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.