About the Artwork
Parfleche
ca. 1875
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Native American
Cheyenne
Painted rawhide
Overall: 26 7/8 × 15 5/8 × 4 3/4 inches (68.3 × 39.7 × 12.1 cm)
Leatherwork, Hide, Animal Material
Indigenous Americas
Founders Society Purchase with funds from Flint Ink Corporation
1988.39
Public Domain
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Provenance
possibly collected by George Amos Dorsey [1868-1931], ethnographer of Indigenous peoples of the Americas.Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago, Illinois, USA) # 67743;
acquired by exchange by Milford G. Chandler [1889-1981];
purchase by Richard A. Pohrt [1911-2005] (Flint, Michigan, USA) and his wife, Marion D. Pohrt;
1988-present, purchased by 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, cat. no. 98.
Penney, David W. and George C. Longfish, Native American Art, Southport, CT, 1994, pp. 102-103.
Penney, David W. Art of the American Indian Frontier: A Portfolio. New York, 1995, plate no. 14.
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Credit Line for Reproduction
Cheyenne, Native American, Parfleche, ca. 1875, painted rawhide. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase with funds from Flint Ink Corporation, 1988.39.
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