About the Artwork
Crooked Knife
ca. 1860
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Native American
Ottawa
Wood (possibly maple), rawhide, steel
Overall: 3 × 10 1/2 × 1 5/8 inches (7.6 × 26.7 × 4.1 cm)
Sculpture
Indigenous Americas
Founders Society Purchase
81.293
Public Domain
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Provenance
purchased by Milford G. Chandler [1889-1981] at Beaver Island, Michigan, USA;purchased 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 exhibition history of a number of objects in our collection only begins after their acquisition by the museum, and may reflect an incomplete record.
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Art of the Great Lakes Indians. Exh. cat., Flint Institute of Arts. Flint, 1973, p. 76, no. 342.
Penny, D.W., and J. Stouffer. "Horse Imagery in Native American Art." Bulletin of the DIA 62, no. 1 (1986): pp. 18-25, (fig. 9).
Penney, David W. Art of the American Indian Frontier: The Chandler-Pohrt Collection. Seattle and London, 1992, cat. no. 165.
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Credit Line for Reproduction
Ottawa, Native American, Crooked Knife, ca. 1860, wood (possibly maple), rawhide, steel. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, 81.293.
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