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Choker Necklace

Choker Necklace, ca. 1885

  • Potawatomi, Native American

Glass beads and leather

  • Overall: 1 1/4 × 14 7/8 × 1/16 inches (3.2 × 37.8 × 0.2 cm)

Founders Society Purchase

81.761

Department

Africa, Oceania & Indigenous Americas

Details

Richard A. Pohrt [1911-2005] (Flint, Michigan, USA)

1981-present, purchased 1981 by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Potawatomi, Native American, Choker Necklace, ca. 1885, glass beads and leather. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, 81.761.

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