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Painting

National Museum of the American Indian

Object Details

Culture/People
Oklahoma Muscogee (Creek)
Artist/Maker
Fred Beaver (Eka La Nee [Brown Head]), Muscogee Nation (Creek)/Seminole, 1911-1980
Previous owner
Mariska Pugsley Marker, Non-Indian, 1918-2016
Ralph E. Marker, Jr., Non-Indian, 1925-1989
Donor
Mariska Pugsley Marker, Non-Indian, 1918-2016
Collection History
Formerly in the collection of artist and Native art collector Mariska Pugsley Marker (1918-2016) and her husband Ralph E. Marker Jr. (1925-1989); bequeathed to NMAI by Mariska Marker.
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Date created
1965
Catalog Number
27/17
Barcode
270017.000
Object Type
Painting/Drawing/Print
Object Name
Painting
Media/Materials
Paperboard, tempera
Techniques
Painted
Dimensions
48.0 x 34.2 x 0.2 cm
Place
Oklahoma; USA (inferred)
See related items
Oklahoma Muscogee (Creek)
Painting/Drawing/Print
National Museum of the American Indian
Record ID
NMAI_412916
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6c8e39d6f-0e4b-49d1-b602-329215330226
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