Quirt, ca. 1850

  • Meskwaki, Native American

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)

Founders Society Purchase, New Endowment Fund

1988.52

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)

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.