About the Artwork
Spud or Adz
between 5000 and 1500 BCE
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Native American
North american
Copper
Overall: 1 3/8 × 5 1/4 × 3 7/8 inches (3.5 × 13.3 × 9.8 cm)
Metalwork
Indigenous Americas
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Reik, Jr.
63.340
Public Domain
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Provenance
Jacob J. Reik (Evart, Michigan, USA);his son, Charles Melchior Reik (Detroit, Michigan, USA);
his son, Charles Melchior Reik, Jr. (Grosse Pointe, Michigan, USA);
1963-present, given 1963 to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Credit Line for Reproduction
North American, Native American, Spud or Adz, between 5000 and 1500 BCE, copper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Reik, Jr., 63.340.
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