Five Bears of North America
date: label: Date created
content: circa 1990
name: label: Culture/People
content: Odawa [Little Traverse Bay Band, Michigan]
label: Artist/Maker
content: Yvonne M. Walker-Keshick (Binaakwiikwe [Falling Leaves Woman]), Odawa [Little Traverse Bay Band, Michigan]/Chippewa/Ojibwa, b. 1946
label: Previous owner
content: Daniel Hidding, Non-Indian, 1930-2022
label: Previous owner
content: Janet Schuleen Hidding (Mrs. Daniel Hidding), Non-Indian, 1930-2011
label: Previous owner
content: Richard Pohrt, Jr., Non-Indian
label: Seller
content: Richard Pohrt, Jr., Non-Indian
notes: label: Collection History
content: Formerly in the collection of Native American art collectors Daniel Hidding (1930-2022) and Janet Schuleen Hidding (1930-2011); purchased by Richard Pohrt, Jr., at a 2023 auction of items from the Daniel and Janet Hidding collection; purchased by NMAI from Richard Porht, Jr. in 2024, supported by a grant from the Ford Foundation.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Petoskey; Emmet County; Michigan; USA (inferred)
setName: label: See related items
content: Odawa [Little Traverse Bay Band, Michigan]
label: See related items
content: Containers and Vessels
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 27/781
label: Barcode
content: 270781.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Containers and Vessels
physicalDescription: label: Title
content: Five Bears of North America
label: Object Name
content: Box with cover
label: Media/Materials
content: Birchbark, conifer root, porcupine quills, sweetgrass, thread
label: Techniques
content: Quill embroidered, bent, stitched, wrapped
label: Dimensions
content: 10 x 42 cm