About the Artwork
Whistle
ca. 1825
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Native american
Potawatomi
Cane, wood and leather
Overall: 16 1/16 × 9/16 × 9/16 inches (40.8 × 1.4 × 1.4 cm)
Musical Instruments
Indigenous Americas
Founders Society Purchase
81.304
Public Domain
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Provenance
Milford G. Chandler [1889-1981]
purchased by Richard A. Pohrt [1911-2005] (Flint, Michigan, USA)
1981-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Potawatomi, Native American, Whistle, ca. 1825, cane, wood and leather. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, 81.304.
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