Quirt, ca. 1850

  • Osage, Native American

Engraved elk antler, buffalo rawhide, and brass tacks

  • Overall: 13 15/16 × 2 1/2 × 1 1/2 inches (35.4 × 6.4 × 3.8 cm)

Founders Society Purchase with funds from Flint Ink Corporation, Robert H. Tannahill Foundation Fund, and the Benson and Edith Ford Fund

1988.43

Milford G. Chandler [1889-1981]

purchased by Richard A. Pohrt [1911-2005] (Flint, Michigan, USA) and his wife Marion D. Pohrt

1986, given to their son, Thomas A. Pohrt

1988-present, purchase by the 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. 195.

Osage, Native American, Quirt, ca. 1850, engraved elk antler, buffalo rawhide, and brass tacks. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase with funds from Flint Ink Corporation, Robert H. Tannahill Foundation Fund, and the Benson and Edith Ford Fund, 1988.43.