Necklace
date: label: Date created
content: 1800-1850
name: label: Culture/People
content: Potawatomi
label: Previous owner
content: Nancy Pemma (Wassigwassidjiwan/Mrs. Mack Pemma), Potawatomi [Forest County, Wisconsin], ca. 1886-1951
label: Collector
content: David T. Vernon (David Thomas Vernon/David C. Vernon), Non-Indian, 1900-1973
label: Previous owner
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 Nancy Pemma (Wassigwassidjiwan/Mrs. Mack Pemma, Potawatomi, ca. 1886-1951; collected 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
content: Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement
place: label: Place
content: Otter Lake; Forest County Potawatomi Reservation; Forest County; Wisconsin; USA
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: 25/1890
label: Barcode
content: 251890.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Adornment/Jewelry
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Necklace
label: Media/Materials
content: Whelk shell beads (white wampum), quahog clam shell beads (purple wampum), cowrie shell/shells, cotton twine/string
label: Techniques
content: Strung
label: Dimensions
content: 425 cm