1957.4.32.1

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Details

ID Number

1957.4.32.1

Category

Personal Artifacts

Sub-category

adornment

Item Name

gorget

Maker

Desnoyers, Pierre-Jean

Date

1818 - 1837

Materials

METAL, SILVER

Measurements

overall: 4.59999 cm x 12.7 cm

Description

silver, cresent shaped, edges rolled over wire, raised on one end; six pointed star scratched in centre, mounted on plastic

History

A silver gorget possibly made by Pierre-Jean Desnoyers, a Detroit silversmith during the early 19th century.

Collection Name

Museum Windsor

Subject (Fre)

Y

Subjects

Costume / Costumes subject

Desnoyers, Pierre-Jean person

Detroit (Mich.) place

Indians / Indiens subject

Jewellery / Bijoux subject

Natives subject

Trade subject

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