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Culture/People:
Yakutat Tlingit  Search this
Artist/Maker:
George Daniel Benson, Sr., Yakutat Tlingit, 1900-1986  Search this
IACB source:
Indian Arts and Crafts Board Office, Sitka, Alaska (IACB Office, Sitka, Alaska)  Search this
Indian Arts and Crafts Board Demonstration Workshop (Sitka, Alaska) (IACB Demonstration Workshop)  Search this
Previous owner:
Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-  Search this
Object Name:
Bear feast dish
Media/Materials:
Alder
Techniques:
Carved
Dimensions:
20.5 x 9.5 x 7.5 cm
Object Type:
Food/Beverage Serving
Place:
Sitka; Sealaska Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
Archipelago:
Alexander Archipelago
Island Name:
Baranof Island
Date created:
1966
Collection History:
Formerly in the collection held by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board Office in Sitka, Alaska, which included many pieces produced and acquired during IACB demonstration-workshops held in Sitka between 1962 and 1968; transferred to the IACB Headquarters collection in Washington, DC, 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:
25/6995
Barcode:
256995.000
See related items:
Yakutat Tlingit
Food/Beverage Serving
On View:
NMAI, Washington DC: Window on Collections, Animals
Data Source:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6fc0a11cc-368f-408d-bbe6-ceed54ad43d7
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:NMAI_272880