collected by Stephen F. Gale
ca. 1920, purchased by Milford G. Chandler [1889-1981]
purchased by Richard A. Pohrt [1911-2005] (Flint, Michigan, USA)
1981-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Tanned hide (possibly moose and caribou), cotton, and porcupine quills
Founders Society Purchase with funds from Flint Ink Corporation
81.231.1
Africa, Oceania & Indigenous Americas
collected by Stephen F. Gale
ca. 1920, purchased by Milford G. Chandler [1889-1981]
purchased by Richard A. Pohrt [1911-2005] (Flint, Michigan, USA)
1981-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Penney, David W. Art of the American Indian Frontier: The Chandler-Pohrt Collection. Seattle and London, 1992, cat. no. 101. Art Institute of Chicago, THE NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE, July 16-Oct 30, 1977, p 132, no 152. Penney, David W. Art of the American Indian Frontier: A Portfolio New York: The New Press, 1995, plate no. 12.
Cree, Native American, Coat, ca. 1835, tanned hide (possibly moose and caribou), cotton, and porcupine quills. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase with funds from Flint Ink Corporation, 81.231.1.