About the Artwork
Spoon
ca. 1850
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Native american
Potawatomi
Wood (possibly maple)
Overall: 6 1/4 × 4 1/2 × 4 inches (15.9 × 11.4 × 10.2 cm)
Wood and Woodcarving
Indigenous Americas
Founders Society Purchase, Founders Junior Council, partial gift of James Rutkowski
2000.51
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Provenance
before 1975, James Rutkowski (Beverly Hills, Michigan, USA)
2000-present, purchase and partial gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Penney, David. Native American Art. New York, 1994, p. 78.
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Credit Line for Reproduction
probably Potawatomi, Native American, Spoon, ca. 1850, wood (possibly maple). Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Founders Junior Council, partial gift of James Rutkowski, 2000.51.
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