About the Artwork
Drum
ca. 1840
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Native american
Chippewa
Wood, deerhide, iron nails and pigment
Overall: 21 × 20 3/4 × 3 inches (53.3 × 52.7 × 7.6 cm)
Musical Instruments
Indigenous Americas
Gift of Deborah S. and Richard A. Pohrt, Jr.
1991.1022
This work is in the public domain.
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Provenance
Richard A. Pohrt [1911-2005] and Marion D. Pohrt (Flint, Michigan, USA)
Richard A. Pohrt, Jr. and Deborah S. Pohrt (Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA)
1991-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Penney, David W. Art of the American Indian Frontier: The Chandler-Pohrt Collection. Seattle and London, 1992, no. 181.
Penney, David W. and George C. Longfish. Native American Art. Southport, CT, 1994, p. 78.
Penney, David W. Art of the American Indian Frontier: A Portfolio. New York, 1995, no. 21.
Before and after the Horizon: Anishinaabe Artists of the Great Lakes. Exh. cat., National Museum of the American Indian. Washington, D.C., 2013, p. 12.
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possibly Chippewa, Native American, Drum, ca. 1840, wood, deerhide, iron nails and pigment. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Deborah S. and Richard A. Pohrt, Jr., 1991.1022.
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