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)
Bag, ca. 1860
- Meskwaki, Native American
Plant fiber, wool yarn and buckskin tie
- Framed: Overall: 7 × 10 1/2 inches (17.8 × 26.7 cm) Overall (leather end ties): 13 3/4 inches (34.9 cm)
Founders Society Purchase
81.390
On View
- Native American S130
Department
Africa, Oceania & Indigenous Americas
- Mythology
- Stripes
- Zigzags
- Geometric patterns
- Fox
- Weaving
- Wool (hair)
- Plant fiber
- Buckskin
- Yarn
- Textiles
- Figures (representations)
- Bag (container)
- Bag (costume accessory)
- Tama
- Underwater panther
- Thunderbirds
Details
Provenance
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.
Rights Status
Meskwaki, Native American, Bag, ca. 1860, plant fiber, wool yarn and buckskin tie. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, 81.390.
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