Bird whimsey
Object Details
- Culture/People
- probably Mohawk (attributed)
- IACB source
- Andrew Pierce's Trading Post (Onondaga Indian Trading Post)
- Previous owner
- Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
- Collection History
- Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from Andrew Pierce's Trading Post (Onondaga Indian Trading Post, Nedrow, New York) in 1967; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.
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- Date created
- 1966
- Catalog Number
- 26/733
- Barcode
- 260733.000
- Object Type
- Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs: Whimsies
- Object Name
- Bird whimsey
- Media/Materials
- Taffeta, glass bead/beads, wool cloth, thread, unknown stuffing
- Techniques
- Sewn, overlay beadwork, stuffed
- Dimensions
- 17.8 x 8.6 x 16.3 cm
- Place
- Six Nations Grand River Reserve; Brant County, Haldimand County; Ontario; Canada
- See related items
- Mohawk
- Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs: Whimsies
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_276900
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6e2b1896d-a342-42f2-8078-f6dd1b295eb9
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