Button
date: label: Date created
content: 1880-1920
name: label: Culture/People
content: Potawatomi
label: Previous owner
content: Chief Wampum, Jr., Potawatomi
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 Chief Wampum, Jr. (Potawatomi, possibly Benjamin Y. Mexico [1835-1921], son of Chief Wampum [1789-1844]); acquired 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.
label: Contact Us
content: Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement
place: label: Place
content: Big Stone Lake Settlement, Forest County Potawatomi Reservation; Oneida County; Wisconsin; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Potawatomi
label: See related items
content: Sewing Tools and Equipment: Notions
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 24/4599
label: Barcode
content: 244599.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sewing Tools and Equipment: Notions
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Button
label: Media/Materials
content: German silver ("nickel silver"/copper-nickel alloy)
label: Techniques
content: Hammered, cutout, engraved