About the Artwork
Roach Spreader
ca. 1880
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Native American
Meskwaki
Metal
Overall: 7 3/4 × 2 1/8 inches (19.7 × 5.4 cm)
Costume Accessories
Indigenous Americas
Founders Society Purchase
81.151
Public Domain
Markings
Stamped on one face: BENE... | M'F'G CO... | Quadruple plate below previous stamp: 329
Provenance
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)
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Meskwaki, Native American, Roach Spreader, ca. 1880, metal. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, 81.151.
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