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Earring

Earring, ca. 1900

  • Meskwaki, Native American

German silver

  • Overall: 1 5/8 × 3/8 × 7/16 inches (4.1 × 1 × 1.1 cm)

Founders Society Purchase

81.736

Department

Africa, Oceania & Indigenous Americas

Details

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)

Meskwaki, Native American, Earring, ca. 1900, German silver. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, 81.736.

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