Square Drum

Siyosapa Yanktonai, 1850 - 1902
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About the Artwork

Square Drum

between 1870 and 1885

Siyosapa

1850 - 1902

Native american

Yanktonai

Wood, animal hide, paint

Overall: 16 in. × 17 3/4 in. × 4 3/4 in. (40.6 × 45.1 × 12.1 cm)

Musical Instruments

Indigenous Americas

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Pohrt

1997.109

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Provenance

1885, collected by Burton Parker (b. 1844) while agent of the Fort Peck Reservation (Montana, USA)

inherited by Dayton L. Parker (b. 1877)

inherited by Burton C. Parker (b. 1906)

inherited by his wife, Mrs. Jane Parker (Warren, then Rochester Hills, Michigan, USA)

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

1997-present, given to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Penney, David W. Art of the American Indian Frontier. Exh. cat., the Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1993, no. 215.

Torrence, Gaylord. The Plains Indians: Artists of Earth and Sky. Exh. cat., Musée du Quai Branley. Paris, 2014, p. 214, no. 86 (color ill.).

Penney, David W. "Siyosapa: At the Edge of Art," Arts 8, no. 4 (2019): pp. 7-8, (fig. 2) [article 148].

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Credit Line for Reproduction

Siyosapa, Square Drum, between 1870 and 1885, wood, animal hide, paint. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Pohrt, 1997.109.

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