About the Artwork
Bowl
19th century
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Native american
Meskwaki
Wood (possibly maple)
Overall: 17 × 9 × 14 3/8 inches (43.2 × 22.9 × 36.5 cm)
Wood and Woodcarving
Indigenous Americas
Founders Society Purchase
81.643
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
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Provenance
John Young Bear (Tama, Iowa, USA), said to have belonged to his father
purchased by Milford G. Chandler [1889-1981]
purchased by Richard A. Pohrt [1911-2005] (Flint, Michigan, USA)
1981-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Maurer, E.M. "Representational and Symbolic Forms in Great Lakes Area Wooden Sculpture." Bulletin of the DIA 62, no. 1 (1986): 7-17, fig. 11.
Penney, David W. Art of the American Indian Frontier: The Chandler-Pohrt Collection. Seattle and London, 1992, no. 168.
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Meskwaki, Native American, Bowl, 19th century, wood (possibly maple). Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, 81.643.
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