About the Artwork
Woman's Blanket
ca. 1915
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Native american
Winnebago
Wool fabric and silk ribbon
Overall: 59 1/4 × 62 1/2 inches (150.5 × 158.8 cm) Overall (extension of ribbon beyond bottom): 2 5/8 inches (6.7 cm)
Costumes
Indigenous Americas
Founders Society Purchase
81.178
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Markings
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On verso, four fabric stamps, in yellow, from the manufacturer: Charlottesville Woolen Mills, Uniform Cloth Center, est. 186[illegible]
Provenance
1978, purchased by Richard A. Pohrt [1911-2005] (Flint, Michigan, USA) at gun show in Las Vegas, Nevada
1981-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Credit Line for Reproduction
Winnebago, Native American, Woman's Blanket, ca. 1915, wool fabric and silk ribbon. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, 81.178.
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