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Teaching Black Ash Bark Basket, 2021

  • Kelly Church, Anishinaabe, Native American, born 1967

Black ash bark, black ash splints, oxidized etching

  • Overall: 17 × 8 × 9 1/2 inches (43.2 × 20.3 × 24.1 cm)

Museum Purchase, Flink Ink Endowment Fund

2022.3

Department

Africa, Oceania & Indigenous Americas

the artist, Kelly Church (Allegan County, Michigan, USA)

2022-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Kelly Church, Teaching Black Ash Bark Basket, 2021, black ash bark, black ash splints, oxidized etching. Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum Purchase, Flink Ink Endowment Fund, 2022.3.