Sash, ca. 1890

  • Potawatomi, Native American

Glass beads, wool yarn and cotton thread

  • Overall: 74 × 4 1/4 inches (188 × 10.8 cm) Overall (woven area): 32 5/8 × 4 1/4 inches (82.9 × 10.8 cm)

Founders Society Purchase

81.474

purchased by Milford G. Chandler [1889-1981] in Wisconsin

purchased by Richard A. Pohrt [1911-2005] (Flint, Michigan, USA)

1981-present, purchased 1981 by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

The Art of the Great Lakes Indians. Exh. cat., Flint Institute of Arts. Flint, MI, 1973, no. 190. Penney, David W. Art of the American Indian Frontier: The Chandler-Pohrt Collection. Seattle and London, 1992, no. 58.

Potawatomi, Native American, Sash, ca. 1890, glass beads, wool yarn and cotton thread. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, 81.474.