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Shoulder Bag, ca. 1825

  • Seminole, Native American

Wool, cotton fabric and thread, silk ribbon, glass beads and felt

  • Overall: 29 1/4 × 14 1/2 inches (74.3 × 36.8 cm)

Founders Society Purchase

81.657

Rex Arrowsmith

acquired by Milford G. Chandler [1889-1981]

purchased by Richard A. Pohrt [1911-2005] (Flint, Michigan, USA)

1981-present, purchased 1981 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. 35.

Seminole, Native American, Shoulder Bag, ca. 1825, wool, cotton fabric and thread, silk ribbon, glass beads and felt. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, 81.657.