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Catalog Data

Culture/People:
Potawatomi [Prairie Band, Kansas]  Search this
Previous owner:
Mack Pemma, Potawatomi [Forest County, Wisconsin], ca. 1876-ca. 1940  Search this
David T. Vernon (David Thomas Vernon/David C. Vernon), Non-Indian, 1900-1973  Search this
Jackson Hole Preserve, Inc. (Jackson Hole Preserve, Incorporated), 1940-  Search this
Object Name:
Garters/Legbands
Media/Materials:
Glass bead/beads, wool yarn
Techniques:
Loom beadwork, braided
Object Type:
Clothing/Garments: Accessories
Place:
Kansas; USA
Collection History:
Formerly owned by Mack Pemma (Forest County Potawatomi, ca. 1876-ca. 1940); collected from him by Indian art collector David T. Vernon (1900-1973) at an unknown date; acquired by MAI in 1968 through an exchange with the Jackson Hole Preserve, Inc. (a foundation backed by the Rockefeller family), which purchased Vernon's entire collection in 1965.
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Catalog Number:
24/2097
Barcode:
242097.000
See related items:
Potawatomi [Prairie Band, Kansas]
Clothing/Garments: Accessories
Data Source:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws62ef98955-0642-4a6a-a6c2-0275c8470ae9
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:NMAI_257797