Culture/People:

Deg Hit'an (Deg Xit'an)  Search this

Artist/Maker:

Belle Deacon, Deg Hit'an (Deg Xit'an), 1905-1995  Search this

Previous owner:

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

IACB source:

Alaska Festival of Native Arts  Search this

Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center (Anchorage Museum of History and Art/Anchorage Historical and Fine Arts Museum)  Search this

Object Name:

Bowl/Dish

Media/Materials:

Birchbark, willow root

Techniques:

Stitched

Dimensions:

32 x 18.6 x 6 cm

Object Type:

Containers and Vessels

Place:

Grayling; Doyon Native Corporation; Alaska; USA

Date created:

1972

Collection History:

Exhibited at the 8th Annual Alaska Festival of Native Arts, held at the Anchorage Museum of History and Art (Anchorage, Alaska) in 1973; purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the Anchorage Museum in 1973; 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:

25/5434

Barcode:

255434.000

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Containers and Vessels

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws65e6dbb73-db9d-45e7-a3bc-99b2a95f37cf

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_271299