About the Artwork
Headband
early 19th century
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Native American
Seminole
Silver
Overall: 15 1/2 × 2 1/8 inches (39.4 × 5.4 cm)
Silver
Indigenous Americas
Gift of Mrs. Lillian Henkel Haass
50.11
Public Domain
Markings
Inscribed, scratched on inner side: This ornament was taken from Tiger Tails camp by Comp B 2d Inf Capt J R Smith 25th July 1840.
Provenance
ca. 1840, Brigadier General Joseph Rowe Smith (on campaign in Florida; later Monroe, Michigan, USA).private collection (Monroe, Michigan, USA);
(George J. Heckroth, dealer, Royal Oak, Michigan, USA);
1950-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA) with funds from Lillian Henkel Haass [1879-1960] (Grosse Pointe, Michigan, USA)
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Kan, M. and W. Wierzbowski. American Indian Art Magazine 4 (Summer 1979): 59, fig. 5.
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Credit Line for Reproduction
Seminole, Native American, Headband, early 19th century, silver. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. Lillian Henkel Haass, 50.11.
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