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Personal Charm

Personal Charm, ca. 1860

  • Potawatomi, Native American

Wood (possibly maple), snake skin, cotton, silk, imitation feather quill, and pigment

  • Overall: 9 3/8 × 3 1/4 × 2 3/4 inches (23.8 × 8.3 × 7 cm)

Founders Society Purchase

81.598

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)

Potawatomi, Native American, Personal Charm, ca. 1860, wood (possibly maple), snake skin, cotton, silk, imitation feather quill, and pigment. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, 81.598.

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