Inscribed in ink on lower right: Nellie Ghost Face | 17 years old | 3 rd year Grade | 5 years in School | Two Kettle Sioux Indian
Workbook Page, ca. 1893
- Sioux, Native American
Gouache and watercolor on paper
- Sheet: 10 5/8 × 8 inches (27 × 20.3 cm)
Founders Society Purchase
81.757.3
Department
Indigenous Americas
Details
I. George Wright, U.S. Indian Agent (Rosebud Agency, South Dakota, USA)
his daughter
obtained by Milford G. Chandler [1889-1981] in Chicago
purchased by Richard A. Pohrt [1911-2005] (Flint, Michigan, USA)
1981-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Sioux, Native American, Workbook Page, ca. 1893, gouache and watercolor on paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, 81.757.3.