Asa Moganbe (Sissiton Sioux tribe; South Dakota, USA); purchased by Milford G. Chandler [1889-1981]; purchased by Richard A. Pohrt [1911-2005] (Flint, Michigan, USA); 1981-present, purchased 1981 by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Charm Bag, ca. 1850
- Santee Sioux, Native American
Buckskin and porcupine quills
- Framed: Overall: 3 1/2 × 4 3/4 × 1/4 inches (8.9 × 12.1 × 0.6 cm)
Founders Society Purchase
81.360
On View
- Native American S130
Department
Africa, Oceania & Indigenous Americas
- Mythology
- Quill (spine)
- Buckskin
- Textiles
- Charms
- Bag (container)
- Bag (costume accessory)
- Minnesota
- Underwater panther
Details
Provenance
Published References
Art of the Great Lakes Indians. Exh. cat., Flint Institute of Arts. Flint, MI, 1973, p. 7, no. 13. Forest, Prairie, and Plains: Native American Art from the Chandler/Pohrt Collection. Exh. cat., the Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1983, no. 8.
Rights Status
Santee Sioux, Native American, Charm Bag, ca. 1850, buckskin and porcupine quills. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, 81.360.