About the Artwork
Celt
no date
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Native American
North american
Stone
Overall: 5 × 2 3/4 × 1 1/2 inches (12.7 × 7 × 3.8 cm)
Tools
Indigenous Americas
Gift of Frederick Stearns
99.5B1605
Public Domain
Markings
paper label glued on side, handwritten: B-1605 -- Stone Celt | From Hamilton County Ind. | Frederick Stearns' Col.
Provenance
Dr. McShane (Hamilton County, Indiana, USA).between 1871-1895, purchased by Frederick Stearns (1831-1907; Detroit, Michigan, USA);
1907-present, bequest to the Detroit Museum of Art (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Credit Line for Reproduction
North American, Native American, Celt, no date, stone. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Frederick Stearns, 99.5B1605.
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