Beaver and frog figure
Object Details
- Culture/People
- Tlingit [Hoonah]
- Artist/Maker
- David Williams, Sr., Tlingit [Hoonah], 1904-1973
- Previous owner
- Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
- IACB source
- Indian Arts and Crafts Board Demonstration Workshop (Sitka, Alaska) (IACB Demonstration Workshop)
- Collection History
- Acquired by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives in 1963 when the artist was employed during IACB arts and crafts demonstrations at Sitka, Alaska; 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
- 1963
- Catalog Number
- 25/6987
- Barcode
- 256987.000
- Object Type
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
- Object Name
- Beaver and frog figure
- Media/Materials
- Yellow cedar
- Techniques
- Carved
- Dimensions
- 18 x 13.5 x 36.8 cm
- Place
- Sitka; Sealaska Native Corporation; Alaska; USA (inferred)
- Archipelago
- Alexander Archipelago
- Island Name
- Baranof Island
- See related items
- Tlingit [Hoonah]
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_272871
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6369a1928-654b-43df-a378-a6aa5aa76c3b
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