About the Artwork
Charm Bag
ca. 1850
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Native american
Chippewa
Wool, silk and beads
Overall: 2 5/8 × 4 inches (6.7 × 10.2 cm) Overall (length of fringe): 2 1/2 inches (6.4 cm)
Textiles
Indigenous Americas
Founders Society Purchase
81.283
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Provenance
early 1920s, purchased by Milford G. Chandler [1889-1981] from a Native American family in "Saganeen, Michigan" [sic]
purchased by Richard A. Pohrt [1911-2005] (Flint, Michigan, USA)
1981-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Chippewa, Native American, Charm Bag, ca. 1850, wool, silk and beads. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, 81.283.
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