Culture/People:

Tuscarora  Search this

Artist/Maker:

Matilda Hill, Tuscarora, 1894-1985  Search this

Previous owner:

Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-  Search this

IACB agent:

Nancy Engle, Non-Indian  Search this

IACB source:

Matilda Hill, Tuscarora, 1894-1985  Search this

Object Name:

Chair

Media/Materials:

Glass bead/beads, metal wire, commercially tanned leather, ink

Techniques:

Strung, bent, written

Dimensions:

4.1 x 3.9 x 4.8 cm

Object Type:

Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs: Whimsies

Place:

Lewiston; Niagara County; New York; USA

Date created:

1969

Collection History:

Purchased by Nancy Engle (Buffalo Museum of Science, Buffalo, New York) from the artist on behalf of the Indian Arts and Crafts Board in 1969; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.

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Catalog Number:

25/7022

Barcode:

257022.000

See related items:

Tuscarora

Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs: Whimsies

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws62238ae59-0694-4038-aab6-f72bfd04ed51

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_272907