Spoon, ca. 1870

  • Potawatomi, Native American

Wood (possibly maple)

  • Overall: 1 3/4 × 6 1/4 × 4 3/8 inches (4.4 × 15.9 × 11.1 cm)

Founders Society Purchase

81.412

Milford G. Chandler [1889-1981]

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. 316. Penney, David W. Art of the American Indian Frontier: The Chandler-Pohrt Collection. Seattle and London: The Detroit Institute of Arts and University of Washington Press, 1992, cat. no. 171.

Potawatomi, Native American, Spoon, ca. 1870, wood (possibly maple). Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, 81.412.