About the Artwork
Bag
ca. 1890
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ca. 1846-1929
Native american
Meskwaki
Wool yarn, nettle fiber, buckskin tie
Overall: 11 × 14 3/4 × 2 inches (27.9 × 37.5 × 5.1 cm)
Costume Accessories
Indigenous Americas
Founders Society Purchase
81.401
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Markings
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On label with bag: A2877; Shkebaque, wife of Joe Tesson, Fox interp. bag c. 1890
Provenance
purchased by Milford G. Chandler [1889-1981], possibly from the artist, at Tama, Iowa, USA
purchased by Richard A. Pohrt [1911-2005] (Flint, Michigan, USA)
1981-present, purchased 1981 by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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The Art of the Great Lakes Indians. Exh. cat., Flint Institute of Arts. Flint, MI, 1973, no. 402.
Penney, David W. Art of the American Indian Frontier: The Chandler-Pohrt Collection. Seattle and London: The Detroit Institute of Arts and University of Washington Press, 1992, cat. no. 65.
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Ska-ba-quay, Meskwaki, Bag, ca. 1890, wool yarn, nettle fiber, buckskin tie. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, 81.401.
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