Turtle storyteller figure
Object Details
- Culture/People
- Mississippi Choctaw
- Artist/Maker
- Randy Chitto (Randall Chitto), Mississippi Choctaw, b. 1960
- Previous owner
- R. E. Mansfield (Richard E. Mansfield), Non-Indian, 1937-2007
- Donor
- R. E. Mansfield (Richard E. Mansfield), Non-Indian, 1937-2007
- Collection History
- Formerly in the collection of R.E. Mansfield (1937-2007), donated to NMAI by R.E. Mansfield in 2005.
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- Date created
- 2000-2005
- Catalog Number
- 26/4441
- Barcode
- 264441.000
- Object Type
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
- Object Name
- Turtle storyteller figure
- Media/Materials
- Pottery
- Techniques
- Coiled/hand built, modeled, burnished, incised
- Dimensions
- 20 x 15 x 23.5 cm
- Place
- New Mexico; USA
- See related items
- Mississippi Choctaw
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_280643
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws63a05be6e-8a6d-4445-9556-57451428a4b5
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