Culture/People:

Plains Ojibwa (Bungi) [Rocky Boy's Reservation, Montana]  Search this

Artist/Maker:

Flora Big Knife (Flora Stump), Plains Ojibwa (Bungi) [Rocky Boy's Reservation, Montana], ca. 1908-1998  Search this

Previous owner:

Vera Maxwell (Vera Huppe Maxwell), Non-Indian, 1901-1995  Search this

Donor:

Vera Maxwell, Incorporated  Search this

Object Name:

Brooch/Pin

Media/Materials:

Commercially tanned leather, glass bead/beads, metal jewelry findings

Techniques:

Overlay beadwork, edge beaded, strung, stitched

Dimensions:

8 x 4.5 cm

Object Type:

Adornment/Jewelry

Place:

Rocky Boy's Reservation; Hill County; Montana; USA (inferred)

Date created:

1950-1975

Collection History:

Formerly in the collection of New York City fashion designer Vera Maxwell (1901-1995); donated to MAI in 1985 by her company, Vera Maxwell, Inc.

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Catalog Number:

25/2850

Barcode:

252850.000

See related items:

Plains Ojibwa (Bungi) [Rocky Boy's Reservation, Montana]

Adornment/Jewelry

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws66ae386ce-ba38-4fb4-a20b-f036c79197f7

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_268725