Leggings, ca. 1840

  • Chippewa, Native American

Wool cloth, glass beads, silk ribbon, bast fiber straps, and thread (possibly cotton)

  • Overall (each): 23 1/4 × 12 × 1/8 inches (59.1 × 30.5 × 0.3 cm)

Founders Society Purchase with funds from Founders Junior Council

1990.266

private museum in Ohio, USA

ca. 1988, purchased by Richard A. Pohrt [1911-2005] (Flint, Michigan, USA)

given to Richard Pohrt, Jr.

1990-present, purchase by 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. 26. Penney, David W. and George C. Longfish. Native American Art. Southport, CT, 1994, p. 65. Penney, David W. Native American Art Masterpieces. Southport, CT, 1996, pp. 28-29.

Chippewa, Native American, Leggings, ca. 1840, wool cloth, glass beads, silk ribbon, bast fiber straps, and thread (possibly cotton). Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase with funds from Founders Junior Council, 1990.266.