About the Artwork
Leggings
between 1885 and 1900
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Native american
Chippewa
Cotton velveteen, polished cotton, glass beads and wool twill
Overall: 29 3/4 × 11 1/8 × 5/8 inches (75.6 × 28.3 × 1.6 cm)
Costumes
Indigenous Americas
Founders Society Purchase
81.181
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Markings
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Label in each legging: Martin Geisin, Theatrical Costumes, St. Paul, Minnesota
Provenance
Martin Geisin (theatrical costumes) (St. Paul, Minnesota, USA). Dennis Walsh (Detroit or Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA)
Dennis Walsh estate (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA)
ca. June 1977, 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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Penney, David W. Art of the American Indian Frontier: The Chandler-Pohrt Collection. Seattle and London, 1992, no. 75.
Penney, David W. and George C. Longfish. Native American Art. Southport, CT, 1994, pp. 66-67.
Penney, David W. Art of the American Indian Frontier: A Portfolio. New York, 1995, no. 7.
Before and after the Horizon: Anishinaabe Artists of the Great Lakes. Exh. cat., National Museum of the American Indian. Washington, D.C., 2013, p. 25.
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Chippewa, Native American, Leggings, between 1885 and 1900, cotton velveteen, polished cotton, glass beads and wool twill. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, 81.181.
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