About the Artwork
Breechcloth
ca. 1900
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Native american
Chippewa
Trade cloth, black velvet, beads, ribbon and yarn
Overall: 28 1/8 × 25 3/4 × 1/4 inches (71.4 × 65.4 × 0.6 cm)
Costumes
Indigenous Americas
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth F. Siebel, Jr.
F1984.43.2
Public Domain
Markings
Paper tag: 420
Provenance
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth F. Siebel, Jr. (Ross, California, USA)
1984-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Chippewa, Native American, Breechcloth, ca. 1900, trade cloth, black velvet, beads, ribbon and yarn. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth F. Siebel, Jr., F1984.43.2.
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