Details
| Artist | Johnasee, Native American |
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| Date | between 1950 and 1955 |
| Medium | stone and leather |
| Dimensions | Overall: 4 3/4 × 13 3/8 × 7 5/8 inches (12.1 × 34 × 19.4 cm) |
| Credit Line | Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Charles W. Creaser and Miss Jessie Metcalf |
| Accession Number | 59.189 |
| Department | Africa, Oceania & Indigenous Americas |
| Not On View |
Signed, Marks, Inscriptions
| Signed | Signed, scratched on bottom: JOHNASEE |
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| Marks | Tags attached to bottom: London 1956 | 36.00 | 60 |
Provenance
probably (Canadian Handicrafts Guild, London, Ontario, Canada);
1956, purchased by Charles William Creaser [ca. 1898-1965] and Hulda Ward Creaser [died ca. 1970] (Detroit, Michigan, USA);
1959-present, gift of Dr. and Mrs. Charles W. Creaser and Jessie Metcalf to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
1956, purchased by Charles William Creaser [ca. 1898-1965] and Hulda Ward Creaser [died ca. 1970] (Detroit, Michigan, USA);
1959-present, gift of Dr. and Mrs. Charles W. Creaser and Jessie Metcalf to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Published References
Peck, William. "Eskimo Art." Bulletin of the DIA 41, no. 1 (1961): 12-13.