Turban, ca. 1880

  • Eastern Sioux, Native American

Otter pelt, deerskin, feathers, glass beads, porcupine quill

  • Overall: 12 × 5 × 1 inches (30.5 × 12.7 × 2.5 cm)

Founders Society Purchase

81.377

On View

  • Native American, Level 1, South

Department

Indigenous Americas

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. 265.

Eastern Sioux, Native American, Turban, ca. 1880, otter pelt, deerskin, feathers, glass beads, porcupine quill. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, 81.377.