Choctah Rain God
Object Details
- Culture/People
- Oklahoma Cherokee
- Artist/Maker
- Hubert (unknown surname) (Hubert SOTC), Oklahoma Cherokee
- Previous owner
- Margaret DeLawter (Margaret Teresa DeLawter), Non-Indian, 1910-2014
- Donor
- Margaret DeLawter (Margaret Teresa DeLawter), Non-Indian, 1910-2014
- Collection History
- Formerly in the collection of Margaret DeLawter (1910-2014), who worked as a registered nurse in US Indian Service hospitals in Oklahoma during the 1940s; donated to NMAI by Miss DeLawter in 2002.
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- Date created
- 1941
- Catalog Number
- 25/9100
- Barcode
- 259100.000
- Object Type
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
- Title
- Choctah Rain God
- Object Name
- Figure
- Media/Materials
- Pottery
- Techniques
- Modeled, impressed
- Dimensions
- 7 x 6.5 x 15 cm
- Place
- Sequoyah Orphans Training School; Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation; Cherokee County; Oklahoma; USA
- See related items
- Oklahoma Cherokee
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_275089
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws623532d31-7580-40a7-a142-e42f406a9b4a
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