Workbook Page, ca. 1893

  • Sioux, Native American

Patchwork glued on paper

  • Sheet: 10 7/8 × 7 7/8 inches (27.6 × 20 cm)

Founders Society Purchase

81.756.30

Inscribed in pencil at lower right: Nellie Shooter./Age 10./1st year in school.

I. George Wright, U.S. Indian Agent (Rosebud Agency, South Dakota, USA)

his daughter

obtained by Milford G. Chandler [1889-1981] in Chicago

purchased by Richard A. Pohrt [1911-2005] (Flint, Michigan, USA)

1981-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Sioux, Native American, Workbook Page, ca. 1893, patchwork glued on paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, 81.756.30.