Thimble Apron

Kwakiutl, Native American
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About the Artwork

Thimble Apron

between 1875 and 1925

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Native american

Kwakiutl

Wool, beads, thimbles

Overall: 32 1/2 × 25 3/4 inches (82.6 × 65.4 cm)

Textiles

Indigenous Americas

Founders Society Purchase, Mary Louise Johnson Fund with funds from Henry S. Booth, Dr and Mrs. Robert T. Hatt, Mrs. William E. Scripps, National Associated Real Estate Board, and Batton, Barton, Durstine and Osborn, Inc.

63.150

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Provenance

by 1953, Gla-Whay-Agliss (William Scow), hereditary chief of the Kwic-kwa-su-tineuk Tribe of the Kwakiutl Nations (British Columbia, Canada). (Canadian Cabin Crafts, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)

1963-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Credit Line for Reproduction

Kwakiutl, Native American, Thimble Apron, between 1875 and 1925, wool, beads, thimbles. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Mary Louise Johnson Fund with funds from Henry S. Booth, et al., 63.150.

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