1860s, collected by member of a construction crew at Fort C. F. Smith (Montana Territory, USA). Louise Stegner (Omaha, Nebraska, USA); August 1942, purchased by Richard A. Pohrt [1911-2005] (Flint, Michigan, USA); 1988, purchase by Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Tobacco Bag, c. 1860
- Cheyenne, Native American
Deerskin, beads, and quills
- Framed: Overall: 29 × 4 7/8 × 1/4 inches (73.7 × 12.4 × 0.6 cm)
Founders Society Purchase with funds from Flint Ink Corporation
1988.41
Department
Africa, Oceania & Indigenous Americas
- Triangles (polygons)
- Cheyenne
- Beading (process)
- Tobacco
- Fringe
- Skin
- Quill (spine)
- Bag (container)
- Diamonds (motifs)
- Textile
- Great plains
Details
Provenance
Published References
Penney, David W. Art of the American Indian Frontier: The Chandler-Pohrt Collection. Seattle and London, 1992, cat. no. 92. Penney, David W. and George C. Longfish. Native American Art. Southport, CT, 1994, p. 101.
Rights Status
Cheyenne, Native American, Tobacco Bag, c. 1860, deerskin, beads, and quills. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase with funds from Flint Ink Corporation, 1988.41.
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