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Fish Club

Fish Club, 19th century

  • Tlingit, Native American

Cedar

  • Overall: 1 3/4 × 20 1/2 × 3 inches (4.4 × 52.1 × 7.6 cm)

Gift of Frederick Stearns

72.489

Department

Africa, Oceania & Indigenous Americas

Details

between 1871-1895, acquired by Frederick Stearns (1831-1907

Detroit, Michigan, USA)

1907-present, bequest to the Detroit Museum of Art (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Tlingit, Native American, Fish Club, 19th century, cedar. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Frederick Stearns, 72.489.

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