About the Artwork
Quirt
ca. 1850
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Native american
Meskwaki
Engraved elk antler, rawhide, deerskin, and glass beads
Overall: 11 1/4 × 2 1/4 × 1 1/8 inches (28.6 × 5.7 × 2.9 cm)
Arms and Armor
Indigenous Americas
Founders Society Purchase, New Endowment Fund
1988.52
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Provenance
collected by Milford G. Chandler [1889-1981] at Tama, Iowa, USA
purchased by Richard A. Pohrt [1911-2005] (Flint, Michigan, USA) and his wife Marion D. Pohrt
1986, given to their son, Thomas H. Pohrt
1988-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Meskwaki, Native American, Quirt, ca. 1850, engraved elk antler, rawhide, deerskin, and glass beads. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, New Endowment Fund, 1988.52.
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