Shoulder Bag, ca. 1820

  • Creek, Native American

Wool, cotton, silk and glass beads

  • Overall: 25 3/4 × 15 1/8 × 1/2 inches (65.4 × 38.4 × 1.3 cm)

Founders Society Purchase with funds from Flint Ink Corporation

1988.29

(antique dealer, Carp Lake, Michigan, USA)

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

1988-present, purchased 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, cat. no. 34.

Creek, Native American, Shoulder Bag, ca. 1820, wool, cotton, silk and glass beads. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase with funds from Flint Ink Corporation, 1988.29.