Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Indian art collector David T. Vernon (1900-1973); 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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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- probably Sicangu Lakota (Brulé Sioux) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- David T. Vernon (David Thomas Vernon/David C. Vernon), Non-Indian, 1900-1973
- Previous seller
- David T. Vernon (David Thomas Vernon/David C. Vernon), Non-Indian, 1900-1973
- Previous owner
- Jackson Hole Preserve, Inc. (Jackson Hole Preserve, Incorporated), 1940-
- Date created
- 1880-1910
- Object Name
- Belt drop
- Media/Materials
- German silver ("nickel silver"/copper-nickel alloy), commercially tanned leather
- Techniques
- Hammered, stamped, soldered, strung
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
