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Mató-Tópe, Bear Claw Necklace, 1833.
12019-10-28T11:39:03-07:00Kristine K. Ronan866e3f0d78e6d37c93d7b8ddc8a882dd7a5e8029329742Fig. 10, Mató-Tópe, Bear claw necklace, 1833. Hide, blue glass beads, red pigment, and bear claws. Linden-Museum, Stuttgart. Object in the public domain; photo: A. Dreyer; image courtesy of Linden-Museum Stuttgart.plain2020-11-29T03:55:05-08:00Kristine K. Ronan866e3f0d78e6d37c93d7b8ddc8a882dd7a5e8029
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Mató-Tópe visited us and brought the completed bear claw necklace that I gave him to make. Another Indian accompanied him.
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Mató-Tópe got up early; however, he left his buffalo hides in the room for us [to deal with]. . . .
Later I gave Mató-Tópe a necklace of bear claws to take along, which he will finish for me. I bought an otter skin and blue glass pearls in the store for added decoration. Furthermore, I gave him colors and a piece of paper [so that he could] paint for me one of the skirmishes he [had] participated in. Mr. Bodmer also gave him several colors.