About the Artwork
Workbook Page
ca. 1893
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Native American
Sioux
Patchwork glued on paper
Sheet: 10 7/8 × 7 7/8 inches (27.6 × 20 cm)
Artists Books
Indigenous Americas
Founders Society Purchase
81.756.30
Public Domain
Markings
Inscribed in pencil at lower right: Nellie Shooter./Age 10./1st year in school.
Provenance
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)
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Credit Line for Reproduction
Sioux, Native American, Workbook Page, ca. 1893, patchwork glued on paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, 81.756.30.
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