Shoulder Bag, ca. 1820

  • Ottawa, Native American

Wool yarn, glass beads, silk ribbon and cotton fabric lining

  • Overall: 50 × 8 1/4 inches (127 × 21 cm)

Founders Society Purchase with funds from Flint Ink Corporation

1988.28

David Wooley (Madison, Wisconsin, USA)

purchased by Richard A. Pohrt [1911-2005] (Flint, Michigan, USA) and his wife, Marion D. Pohrt

1986, given to their son, Richard A. Pohrt, Jr.

1988-present, purchased by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Penney, David W. Art of the American Indian Frontier: The Chandler-Pohrt Collection. Seattle and London, 1992, cat. no.12.

Ottawa, Native American, Shoulder Bag, ca. 1820, wool yarn, glass beads, silk ribbon and cotton fabric lining. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase with funds from Flint Ink Corporation, 1988.28.