The Foolish Sun
Object Details
- Culture/People
- Non-Indian
- Artist/Maker
- Fearon T. Smith, Jr. (Tsungani), Non-Indian/Cherokee descent, b. 1948
- Previous owner
- Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
- IACB source
- Fearon T. Smith, Jr. (Tsungani), Non-Indian/Cherokee descent, b. 1948
- Collection History
- Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the artist in 1966; 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
- 25/8278
- Barcode
- 258278.000
- Object Type
- Masks and Masking
- Title
- The Foolish Sun
- Object Name
- Mask
- Media/Materials
- Red cedar
- Techniques
- Carved, painted
- Dimensions
- 30.7 x 29.5 x 16.5 cm
- Place
- Ariel; Cowlitz County; Washington; USA (inferred)
- See related items
- Non-Indian
- Masks and Masking
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_274210
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws686daccc9-79cc-4d95-a8ec-457c28863a6d
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