Inscribed in ink at lower left: Nellie Ghost Face | 16 years old. | 3rd year Grade. | 5th year in School. | Two Kettle Sioux Indian.
Workbook Page, c. 1893
- Sioux, Native American
Ink on paper
- Sheet: 10 5/8 × 8 inches (27 × 20.3 cm)
Founders Society Purchase
81.757.9
Department
Africa, Oceania & Indigenous Americas
Details
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, c. 1893, ink on paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, 81.757.9.