About the Artwork
Weaver's Instrument
between 1200 BCE and 1535 CE
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Precolumbian
Unknown
Wood
Overall: 8 5/8 × 1 1/4 × 1/4 inches (21.9 × 3.2 × 0.6 cm) Overall (length of handle): 2 1/2 inches (6.4 cm)
Sculpture
Indigenous Americas
Gift of Lillian Henkel Haass
55.332
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Tag on bottom with penciled mark: b
Provenance
(Brummer Gallery, Inc., New York, New York, USA
no. P6777)
1932, purchased by Lillian Henkel Haass (Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, USA)
1955-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Precolumbian, Weaver's Instrument, between 1200 BCE and 1535 CE, wood. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Lillian Henkel Haass, 55.332.
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