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Roach Spreader

Roach Spreader, ca. 1880

  • Meskwaki, Native American

Metal

  • Overall: 7 3/4 × 2 1/8 inches (19.7 × 5.4 cm)

Founders Society Purchase

81.151

Department

Africa, Oceania & Indigenous Americas

Details

Milford G. Chandler [1889-1981]

given to Richard A. Pohrt [1911-2005] (Flint, Michigan, USA)

1981-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Meskwaki, Native American, Roach Spreader, ca. 1880, metal. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, 81.151.

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