About the Artwork
Pair of Moccasins
ca. 1900
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Native american
Sioux
Cowhide, rawhide, porcupine quills, glass beads, cotton fabric, tin cones, and dyed horsehair
Overall (left moccasin): 10 3/4 × 4 1/8 × 4 1/2 inches (27.3 × 10.5 × 11.4 cm) Overall (right moccasin): 11 × 4 1/8 × 4 1/4 inches (27.9 × 10.5 × 10.8 cm)
Costumes
Indigenous Americas
Founders Society Purchase with funds from Flint Ink Corporation
1988.38
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Provenance
Milford G. Chandler [1889-1981]
purchased by Richard A. Pohrt [1911-2005] (Flint, Michigan, USA) and his wife, Marion D. Pohrt
1988-present, purchase by 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, cat. no. 121.
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Sioux, Native American, Pair of Moccasins, ca. 1900, cowhide, rawhide, porcupine quills, glass beads, cotton fabric, tin cones, and dyed horsehair. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase with funds from Flint Ink Corporation, 1988.38.
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