Buffalo Robe with Beaded Strip, ca. 1890

  • Crow, Native American

Buffalo skin, glass beads and wool

  • Overall: 81 × 71 1/2 inches (205.7 × 181.6 cm)

Founders Society Purchase, Henry Ford II Fund

1988.56

Robe: Manny Moore (Kalispell, Montana, USA)

Strip: Milford G. Chandler [1889-1981]

Richard A. Pohrt [1911-2005] (Flint, Michigan, USA) and his wife, Marion D. Pohrt

1988-present, purchased by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Penney, David W. Art of the American Indian Frontier: The Chandler-Pohrt Collection. Seattle and London, 1992, no. 123.

Crow, Native American, Buffalo Robe with Beaded Strip, ca. 1890, buffalo skin, glass beads and wool. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Henry Ford II Fund, 1988.56.