About the Artwork
Shoulder Bag
ca. 1860
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Native american
Chippewa
Wool, glass beads, cotton and silk ribbon
Overall: 40 × 9 3/4 inches (101.6 × 24.8 cm) Overall (pouch): 24 × 9 3/4 inches (61 × 24.8 cm)
Costume Accessories
Indigenous Americas
Founders Society Purchase
81.492
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Provenance
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)
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The Art of the Great Lakes Indians. Exh. cat., Flint Institute of Arts. Flint, MI, 1973, no.208.
Whiteford, A. H., "The Origins of Great Lakes Beaded Bandolier Bags," AMERICAN INDIAN ART, vol 11, no 3, Summer 1986, p 41, fig 12.
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Chippewa, Native American, Shoulder Bag, ca. 1860, wool, glass beads, cotton and silk ribbon. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, 81.492.
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