Details
| Artist | Inuit, Native American |
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| Title |
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| Date | between 1950 and 1955 |
| Medium | stone and red clay |
| Dimensions | Overall (approx): 3 5/8 × 7 5/8 × 3 5/8 inches (9.2 × 19.4 × 9.2 cm) Overall (base): 2 1/8 × 4 1/2 × 2 1/8 inches (5.4 × 11.4 × 5.4 cm) Overall (lemming): 5/8 × 2 1/8 × 5/8 inches (1.6 × 5.4 × 1.6 cm) Overall (bird): 1 1/2 × 3 1/8 × 1 1/2 inches (3.8 × 7.9 × 3.8 cm) |
| Credit Line | Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Charles W. Creaser and Miss Jessie Metcalf |
| Accession Number | 59.193 |
| Department | Africa, Oceania & Indigenous Americas |
| Not On View |
Signed, Marks, Inscriptions
| Marks | Sticker on bottom: 1955 London $6.00 |
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Provenance
possibly (The Canadian Handicrafts Guild, branch in London, Ontario, Canada);
1955, purchased by Charles William Creaser [ca. 1898-1965] and Hulda Ward Creaser [died ca. 1970] (Detroit, Michigan, USA) or Jessie Metcalf (active Detroit, Michigan, USA);
1959-present, gift of Dr. and Mrs. Charles W. Creaser and Jessie Metcalf to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
1955, purchased by Charles William Creaser [ca. 1898-1965] and Hulda Ward Creaser [died ca. 1970] (Detroit, Michigan, USA) or Jessie Metcalf (active Detroit, Michigan, USA);
1959-present, gift of Dr. and Mrs. Charles W. Creaser and Jessie Metcalf to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Published References
Peck, William. "Eskimo Art." Bulletin of the DIA 41, no. 1 (1961): 12-13.
