About the Artwork
Bear Claw Pendant
ca. 1860
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Native American
Chippewa
Glass beads, bear claws, silk and leather
Overall: 1 1/2 × 9 1/2 × 1/2 inches (3.8 × 24.1 × 1.3 cm)
Jewelry
Indigenous Americas
Founders Society Purchase
81.599
Public Domain
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Provenance
Milford G. Chandler [1889-1981];purchased by Richard A. Pohrt [1911-2005] (Flint, Michigan, USA);
1981-present, purchased 1981 by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Chippewa, Native American, Bear Claw Pendant, ca. 1860, glass beads, bear claws, silk and leather. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, 81.599.
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