Culture/People:

Minnesota Chippewa [Leech Lake, Minnesota]  Search this

Seller:

Grace E. Allen (Grace Elizabeth Allen), Non-Indian, 1886-1985  Search this

Previous owner:

Grace E. Allen (Grace Elizabeth Allen), Non-Indian, 1886-1985  Search this

Brigadier General Charles Julius Allen, Non-Indian, 1840-1915  Search this

Elizabeth Walbridge Cleveland Allen (Mrs. Charles Julius Allen), Non-Indian, 1847-1929  Search this

Collector:

Brigadier General Charles Julius Allen, Non-Indian, 1840-1915  Search this

Elizabeth Walbridge Cleveland Allen (Mrs. Charles Julius Allen), Non-Indian, 1847-1929  Search this

Object Name:

Ear ornament

Media/Materials:

Glass bead/beads, thread

Techniques:

Loom beadwork, gourd stitch/brick stitch/netted beadwork, strung

Object Type:

Adornment/Jewelry

Place:

Lake Winnibigoshish; Leech Lake Reservation; Cass County, Itasca County; Minnesota; USA

Date created:

circa 1890

Collection History:

Collected by Brigadier General Charles Julius Allen (1840-1915, Army Corps of Engineers) or his wife Elizabeth Walbridge Cleveland Allen (1847-1929) when the family lived in St. Paul, Minnesota, from the late 1870s until about 1900; inherited by the Allens' daughter Grace Elizabeth Allen (1886-1985); purchased by MAI from Miss Allen in 1937.

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Catalog Number:

19/6454

Barcode:

196454.000

See related items:

Minnesota Chippewa [Leech Lake, Minnesota]

Adornment/Jewelry

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6426e624f-35bb-4a80-b2a9-200d1ba7c598

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_210012