About the Artwork
Shoulder Bag
ca. 1870
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Native american
Chippewa
Beads, wool and cotton
Overall: 33 3/4 × 8 3/8 inches (85.7 × 21.3 cm) Overall (pouch): 14 3/4 × 7 1/8 inches (37.5 × 18.1 cm) Overall (strap width): 4 inches (10.2 cm)
Costume Accessories
Indigenous Americas
Founders Society Purchase
81.81
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Provenance
(Catherine Cross, antique dealer / interior decorator, Flint, Michigan, USA)
1978, 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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Credit Line for Reproduction
Chippewa, Native American, Shoulder Bag, ca. 1870, beads, wool and cotton. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, 81.81.
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