About the Artwork
Quirt
ca. 1875
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Native American
Crow
Engraved elk antler, leather, deerskin, and glass beads
Overall (irreg): 2 1/2 × 18 × 2 1/2 inches (6.4 × 45.7 × 6.4 cm) Overall (lash length): 23 inches (58.4 cm)
Carving
Indigenous Americas
Founders Society Purchase with funds from Flint Ink Corporation
1988.36
Public Domain
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Provenance
Milford G. Chandler [1889-1981];purchased by Richard A. Pohrt [1911-2005] (Flint, Michigan, USA) and his wife, Marion D. Pohrt;
1986, given to their son, Thomas H. Pohrt;
1988-present, purchase by 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, 1992, no. 196.
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Crow, Native American, Quirt, ca. 1875, engraved elk antler, leather, deerskin, and glass beads. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase with funds from Flint Ink Corporation, 1988.36.
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