Object Details
- Culture/People
- Eastern Band of Cherokee
- Artist/Maker
- William Lossiah, Eastern Band of Cherokee, b. 1937
- Previous owner
- Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
- IACB source
- Qualla Arts & Crafts Mutual (Qualla Arts & Crafts Cooperative/Qualla Arts & Crafts Coop/Qualla Crafts), 1946-
- Collection History
- Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the Qualla Arts and Crafts Cooperative (Cherokee, North Carolina) in 1975; 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
- 1974-1975
- Catalog Number
- 25/9864
- Barcode
- 259864.000
- Object Type
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
- Object Name
- Drummer figure
- Media/Materials
- Steatite/soapstone
- Techniques
- Carved, polished
- Dimensions
- 9.8 x 5.7 x 12 cm
- Place
- Swimmer Branch; Eastern Cherokee Reservation, Qualla Boundary; Jackson County; North Carolina; USA
- See related items
- Eastern Band of Cherokee
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_275953
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6c4dbe77b-ab2c-4f84-9c77-f1300912105b
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