Materials

Maple wood

Techniques or Format

Prescription stick is made of a flat rectangular piece of maple with a concave/convex section.

Motifs and Patterns

Rectangular shape, carved to form slightly thicker at middle than at edges; plant and one four-legged that looks like a deer and two human figures. Pohrt notes: "Stylized plant forms, human figures and an animal are carved around the outer edges on both faces."

Other Notes

The DIA describes this item as a prescription stick

Dimensions: 12.375 × 2.375 × 0.5 in

Current Location: Detroit Institute of Arts, MI, USA

Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 81.404

Link to Institution's Collections Database: https://dia.org/collection/prescription-stick-57536

Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1981

Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: possibly Floyd Schultz (1881-1951, Clay Center, Kansas, USA). Milford G. Chandler [1889-1981]

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

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

Collection Narratives and Histories

Founders Society Purchase

Source for Provenance information

As listed on Detroit Institute of Arts Website.

GKS Reference Number: 1175

How to Cite this Item

Unknown Maker. "Medicine Board", GRASAC ID 1175 . Located in the Detroit Institute of Arts, catalogue number 81.404

Record Creation Context

This record was augmented by Natasha Fares in December 2023.

Record Creation Notes/Observations

Item was pulled from DIA storage by request during the GRASAC visit, therefore detailed images are not yet available. GKS profile was created by Cory Wilmott during the visit. Kelly Konieczki added all available information about the item from TMS after the visit, however did not research its supplementary files.