Charm Bag, ca. 1870

  • Eastern Sioux, Native American

Wool, cotton and plant fiber

  • Overall: 4 1/4 × 5 3/8 inches (10.8 × 13.7 cm) Overall (with tie): 10 3/8 × 5 3/8 inches (26.4 × 13.7 cm)

Founders Society Purchase

81.367

possibly Joe Wichitamoza, a Sissiton Sioux (South Dakota, USA). acquired by Richard A. Pohrt [1911-2005] (Flint, Michigan, USA)

1981-present, purchased 1981 by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

The Art of the Great Lakes Indians. Exh. cat., Flint Institute of Arts. Flint, MI, 1973, no. 394.

Eastern Sioux, Native American, Charm Bag, ca. 1870, wool, cotton and plant fiber . Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, 81.367.