Dancing Bears Medallion
First Nation
Mohawk (Haudenosaunee)
Haudenosaunee (Iroquois)
Northeast Woodlands
Woodlands
collected 1970
Porcupine quills, pigment, sweetgrass, thread and deer hIide
Overall: 3 1/16 in. (7.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase
170.3.24935
Geography
Place Made: Deseronto, Hastings County, Canada, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Personal Adornment
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Woodlands
Not on view
Provenance
Maracle Mohawk Centre; Trading Post, Desoronto, Ontario, Canada; Reverend Andrew Maracle; sold to present collection, 1970.
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