Crane figure
Object Details
- Culture/People
- Eastern Band of Cherokee
- Artist/Maker
- William H. Crowe, Sr., Eastern Band of Cherokee, 1921-1988
- IACB source
- William H. Crowe, Sr., Eastern Band of Cherokee, 1921-1988
- Previous owner
- Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
- Collection History
- Made during a 1967 demonstration held by the U.S. Department of Agriculture at the Smithsonian's Arts and Industries Building (Washington, DC) and donated to the Indian Arts and Crafts Board by the artist 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
- October 1967
- Catalog Number
- 25/9825
- Barcode
- 259825.000
- Object Type
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
- Object Name
- Crane figure
- Media/Materials
- Chestnut wood
- Techniques
- Carved, polished
- Dimensions
- 48 x 9.5 x 30.7 cm
- Place
- Washington, DC; District of Columbia; USA
- See related items
- Eastern Band of Cherokee
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_275914
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6d33d014b-9869-4b8a-b820-15f7e12ed958
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