naabkawaagan necklace
naabkawaagan necklace
naabkawaagan necklace

This naabkawaagan (naabkwewaagan, necklace) is part of a war bundle. It is made from two strips of deer hide, pieced together with a short strip of blue and white cotton. There are 49 deer dew claws attached to it. In addition to the naabkawaagan, the bundle contains a miniature baagndibe'gan (war club), feet and tail of a mshiikenh (snapping turtle), deerskin ball, headdress, rattle, and bandolier sash. The bundle was collected by M.G. Chandler in Bkejwanong, Walpole Island, where local knowledge connected the bundle to Pontiac. The subsequent collector, Richard A. Pohrt thought the bundle was not old enough for this connection and thought the bundle might be related to Tecumseh instead. This relative and bundle currently reside at the Detroit Institute of Arts.
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deerskin, cotton and dew claws
Necklace is composed of two deerskin strips, pieced with short cotton strip (blue and white striped), which are fringed along one edge. Decorated with forty nine dew claws.
Item found in war bundle: See also 81.174.1-13
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Provenance
Collected by M. G. Chandler at Walpole Island, Ontario. Local tradition indicated this was part of the war bundle of Pontiac, Ottawa chief. According to Pohrt, the material is not old enough to have belonged to Pontiac; Chandler's informant may have meant Tecumseh.
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About This GRASAC Record
This record was augmented by Cara Krmpotich on January 26, 2024.














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