Details
| Artist | Meskwaki, Native American |
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| Title |
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| Date | ca. 1860 |
| Medium | plant fiber, wool yarn and buckskin tie |
| Dimensions | Overall: 7 × 10 1/2 inches (17.8 × 26.7 cm) Overall (leather end ties): 13 3/4 inches (34.9 cm) |
| Credit Line | Founders Society Purchase |
| Accession Number | 81.390 |
| Department | Africa, Oceania & Indigenous Americas |
| On View | Native American S130, Level 1 (see map) |
Provenance
purchased by Milford G. Chandler [1889-1981] at Tama, Iowa, USA;
Richard A. Pohrt [1911-2005] (Flint, Michigan, USA);
1981-present, purchased 1981 by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Richard A. Pohrt [1911-2005] (Flint, Michigan, USA);
1981-present, purchased 1981 by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Published References
The Art of the Great Lakes Indians. Exh. cat., Flint Institute of Arts. Flint, MI, 1973, no. 388.
Phillips, R.B. "Dreams and Designs: Iconographic Problems in Great Lakes Twined Bags." Bulletin of the DIA 62, no. 1 (1986): 26-37, figs. 7-8.
Penney, David W. Art of the American Indian Frontier: The Chandler-Pohrt Collection. Seattle and London: The Detroit Institute of Arts and University of Washington Press, 1992, cat. no. 20.
Phillips, R.B. "Dreams and Designs: Iconographic Problems in Great Lakes Twined Bags." Bulletin of the DIA 62, no. 1 (1986): 26-37, figs. 7-8.
Penney, David W. Art of the American Indian Frontier: The Chandler-Pohrt Collection. Seattle and London: The Detroit Institute of Arts and University of Washington Press, 1992, cat. no. 20.