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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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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