Details
| Artist | Dallas, Native American |
|---|---|
| Title |
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| Date | between 1300 and 1500 |
| Medium | conch shell |
| Dimensions | Overall: 6 5/8 × 6 1/8 × 1 11/16 inches (16.8 × 15.6 × 4.3 cm) |
| Credit Line | Founders Society Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Alan Macauley, Jr. Fund and Mr. and Mrs. Allan Shelden III Fund |
| Accession Number | 1984.39 |
| Department | Africa, Oceania & Indigenous Americas |
| On View | Native American S131, Level 1 (see map) |
Provenance
said to have been found by the Rice Brothers by Euharlee Creek (Bartow County, Georgia, USA).
(Benjamin B. Johnson, Art Care, Inc., Santa Monica, California, USA);
1984-present, purchased by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
(Benjamin B. Johnson, Art Care, Inc., Santa Monica, California, USA);
1984-present, purchased by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Published References
Bulletin of the DIA 62, no. 2 (1985): 11, fig. 9.
Penney, David W. and George C. Longfish. Native American Art. Southport, CT, 1994, p. 34.
Penney, David W. and George C. Longfish. Native American Art. Southport, CT, 1994, p. 34.