Necklace with bear claws
Maker: Belonged to and worn by Miss E. Pauline Johnson, Haudenosaunee (Iroquois)
Medium:Grizzly and black bear claws, hide
Geography: Six Nations of the Grand River, Ontario, Canada
Date: late 19th century-early 20th century
Dimensions:1.5 × 34 × 6.5 cm
Object number: 922.1.74
Credit Line: Gift of Miss Evelyn H.C. Johnson; The Chiefswood Collection
DescriptionIn the early 20th century Evelyn H.C. Johnson, a member of a prominent Six Nations Mohawk family, donated to the Royal Ontario Museum a large number of objects named the Chiefswood Collection after the name of the Johnson family home. In this
collection, Evelyn Johnson created a remarkable record of her family over four generations, and of events that involved the Iroquoian people at Six Nations from the end of the American Revolution to the Six Nations Agricultural Fair of 1922.
