Brooch
date: label: Date created
content: 1870-1900
name: label: Culture/People
content: Potawatomi
label: Previous owner
content: Komokwe Frank (Komokwa Frank/Mrs. Jim Frank), Potawatomi [Forest County, Wisconsin], ca. 1871-ca. 1945
label: Previous owner
content: David T. Vernon (David Thomas Vernon/David C. Vernon), Non-Indian, 1900-1973
label: Previous seller
content: David T. Vernon (David Thomas Vernon/David C. Vernon), Non-Indian, 1900-1973
label: Previous owner
content: Jackson Hole Preserve, Inc. (Jackson Hole Preserve, Incorporated), 1940-
notes: label: Collection History
content: Formerly owned by Komokwe Frank (Mrs. Jim Frank, Forest County Potawatomi, ca. 1871-ca. 1945); acquired from her 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.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Great Lakes region; Canada, USA (inferred)
setName: label: See related items
content: Potawatomi
label: See related items
content: Adornment/Jewelry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 24/4541
label: Barcode
content: 244541.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Adornment/Jewelry
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Brooch
label: Media/Materials
content: German silver ("nickel silver"/copper-nickel alloy)
label: Techniques
content: Hammered, cutout, stamped