Object Details
- Culture/People
- Non-Indian; probably used by Native people of the Northeast
- Previous owner
- Edward Rawson, Non-Indian, 1615-1693
- Clay Fielden (Clay Marcus Fielden), Non-Indian, 1896-1966
- Previous seller
- Clay Fielden (Clay Marcus Fielden), Non-Indian, 1896-1966
- Previous owner
- Margo Authentic Antiques
- Seller
- Margo Authentic Antiques
- Seller agent
- Roland E. Jester (Roland Edwin Jester), Non-Indian, 1903-1995
- Margo Jester (Margarita Jester/Mrs. Roland E. Jester), Non-Indian, 1908-1978
- Collection History
- Presented by Edward Rawson (1615-1693, secretary of the Massachusetts Bay Colony), to the chiefs of tribes who had aided the colonists during King Philip's War on June 20, 1676; acquired by Clay Fielden (1896-1966, an antique firearms collector and dealer in Austin, Texas) in 1960 from an unknown source in New York State; traded by Mr. Fielden to Roland E. Jester (1903-1995) and Margo (Margarita) Jester (1908-1978), owners of Margo Authentic Antiques (St. Louis, Missouri) in 1960; purchased by MAI from Mr. and Mrs. Jester and Margo Authentic Antiques in 1961.
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- Date created
- 1676
- Catalog Number
- 23/9269
- Barcode
- 239269.000
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Object Name
- Peace medal
- Media/Materials
- Brass
- Techniques
- Cut, engraved
- Dimensions
- 14 x 10 cm
- Place
- Charlestown; Suffolk County; Massachusetts; USA
- See related items
- Non-Indian
- Northeast
- Adornment/Jewelry
- On View
- NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Woodlands
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_254429
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6d39511c5-8b9e-4397-871f-4d6d1335053f
