About the Artwork
Crooked Knife
ca. 1850
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Native American
Ottawa
Wood, steel, cord, and iron nail
Overall: 3 3/8 × 10 3/8 × 2 inches (8.6 × 26.4 × 5.1 cm)
Wood and Woodcarving
Indigenous Americas
Founders Society Purchase
81.295
Public Domain
Markings
C912 in red | 2714 on tape
Provenance
Milford G. Chandler [1889-1981];Richard A. Pohrt [1911-2005] (Flint, Michigan, USA);
1981-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Ottawa, Native American, Crooked Knife, ca. 1850, wood, steel, cord, and iron nail. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, 81.295.
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