silver ornament

silver ornament

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Introduction

Touch marked: I K (possibly John Kinzie, Detroit, Michigan)

Date Made or Date Range: 1770s to 1790s
Materials

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Other Notes

see catalogue cards;;

Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

late 18th C;Attribute owner, chief Pawanas, was signing treaty documents during this period);

Current Location: National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, D.C. USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 012139
Collection Narratives and Histories

Dug up in 1900 about 3 miles west of the current Ottawa village with NMAI items 01/0240 + 01/0241 by Wyman.

Source for Provenance information

Wyman indicated that this ornament was said to belong to the son of Chief "Pawanas" who signed the 1781 treaty document seeling Michilimackinac island to the British.

Sources to Learn More

See Library and Archives Canada, Treaties and Surrenders Collection, IT001 for the relevant treaty. The chief's name there is spelled "Peuanas".

GKS Reference Number: 26141
Record Creation Notes/Observations

Basic record compiled by Heidi Bohaker with notes from Ruth Phillips

Approximate Place of Origin

43.6, -71.9

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