Figure of a squirrel
Object Details
- Culture/People
- Eastern Band of Cherokee
- Artist/Maker
- Goingback Chiltoskey (Going Back Chiltoskey/G.B. Chiltoskey/Goingback Chiltaski), Eastern Band of Cherokee, 1907-2000
- Previous owner
- Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
- Collection History
- Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from an unknown source in 1972; 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
- 1972
- Catalog Number
- 25/5411
- Barcode
- 255411.000
- Object Type
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
- Object Name
- Figure of a squirrel
- Media/Materials
- Wood
- Techniques
- Carved
- Dimensions
- 24.2 x 8 x 20.1 cm
- Place
- Cherokee, Eastern Cherokee Reservation, Qualla Boundary; Swain County; North Carolina; USA
- See related items
- Eastern Band of Cherokee
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
- On View
- NMAI, Washington DC: Window on Collections, Animals
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_271276
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws65cc4058b-6205-4a34-96a8-cc1450a58a70
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