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Shoulder Bag

Potawatomi, Native American
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About the Artwork

Shoulder Bag

ca. 1890

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Native American

Potawatomi

Glass beads, cotton fabric and yarn, silk ribbon, wool tassels

Overall: 42 1/4 × 13 1/2 inches (107.3 × 34.3 cm) Overall (bag): 20 7/8 × 13 1/2 inches (53 × 34.3 cm) Overall (first beaded panel): 10 5/8 × 2 inches (27 × 5.1 cm) Overall (second beaded panel): 11 3/8 × 1 1/8 inches (28.9 × 2.9 cm) Overall (third beaded panel): 15 1/2 × 13 inches (39.4 × 33 cm) Overall (beaded shoulder band): 43 1/4 × 4 1/2 inches (109.9 × 11.4 cm)

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Indigenous Americas

Founders Society Purchase

81.467

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Provenance

purchased by Milford G. Chandler [1889-1981] in Wisconsin, USA;
purchased by Richard A. Pohrt [1911-2005] (Flint, Michigan, USA);
1981-present, purchased 1981 by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

The Art of the Great Lakes Indians. Exh. cat., Flint Institute of Arts. Flint, MI, 1973, no. 205.

Penney, David W. Art of the American Indian Frontier: The Chandler-Pohrt Collection. Seattle and London: The Detroit Institute of Arts and University of Washington Press, 1992, cat. no. 54.

Penney, David W. Art of the American Indian Frontier: A Portfolio. New York, 1995, plate no. 3.

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Credit Line for Reproduction

Potawatomi, Native American, Shoulder Bag, ca. 1890, glass beads, cotton fabric and yarn, silk ribbon, wool tassels. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, 81.467.

Shoulder Bag
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