About the Artwork
Charm Bag
ca. 1870
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Native american
Eastern sioux
Wool, cotton and plant fiber
Overall: 4 1/4 × 5 3/8 inches (10.8 × 13.7 cm) Overall (with tie): 10 3/8 × 5 3/8 inches (26.4 × 13.7 cm)
Costume Accessories
Indigenous Americas
Founders Society Purchase
81.367
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Markings
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Label with bag: Bag (Medicine) | Joe Wichitamoza | Sissiton Sioux | So Dak
Provenance
possibly Joe Wichitamoza, a Sissiton Sioux (South Dakota, USA). acquired by Richard A. Pohrt [1911-2005] (Flint, Michigan, USA)
1981-present, purchased 1981 by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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The Art of the Great Lakes Indians. Exh. cat., Flint Institute of Arts. Flint, MI, 1973, no. 394.
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Eastern Sioux, Native American, Charm Bag, ca. 1870, wool, cotton and plant fiber . Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, 81.367.
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