About the Artwork
Pipe Stem
ca. 1850
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Native american
Chippewa
Wood (possibly ash), pigment, ribbon and brass tacks
Overall: 2 1/8 × 35 1/2 × 2 1/8 inches (5.4 × 90.2 × 5.4 cm)
Wood and Woodcarving
Indigenous Americas
Founders Society Purchase
81.236
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Markings
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In red: C15[?]0
Provenance
John Schuch (Saginaw, Michigan, USA)
1928 or 1929, purchased by Milford G. Chandler [1889-1981]
purchased by Richard A. Pohrt [1911-2005] (Flint, Michigan, USA)
1981, purchase by Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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The Art of the Great Lakes Indians. Exh. cat., Flint Institute of Arts. Flint, MI, 1973, no. 46 (with 81.278).
Native American Heritage. Exh. cat., Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, 1977, no. 136 (ill.).
Penney, David W. Art of the American Indian Frontier: The Chandler-Pohrt Collection. Seattle and London, 1992, no. 155.
Penney, David W. and George C. Longfish. Native American Art. Southport, CT, 1994, pp. 70-71.
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Credit Line for Reproduction
Chippewa, Native American, Pipe Stem, ca. 1850, wood (possibly ash), pigment, ribbon and brass tacks. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, 81.236.
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