Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown, but probably from the collection of Indian art collector David T. Vernon (1900-1973), part of which was 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; found in MAI collections without information and catalogued in 1992.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Non-Indian; possibly collected among the Meskwaki (Fox)
- Possible owner
- David T. Vernon (David Thomas Vernon/David C. Vernon), Non-Indian, 1900-1973
- Jackson Hole Preserve, Inc. (Jackson Hole Preserve, Incorporated), 1940-
- Date created
- 1800-1900
- Object Name
- Bead/beads
- Media/Materials
- Glass bead/beads, cordage
- Techniques
- Strung
- Dimensions
- 6.2 x 0.6 cm
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
