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Memory Board

Memory Board, ca. 1885

  • Chippewa, Native American

Pencil drawing on wood board

  • Overall: 1/4 × 14 1/4 × 3 1/8 inches (0.6 × 36.2 × 7.9 cm)

Founders Society Purchase

81.534

Department

Africa, Oceania & Indigenous Americas

Details

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)

Chippewa, Native American, Memory Board, ca. 1885, pencil drawing on wood board. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, 81.534.

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