Towel
- Date created
- 1952
- Culture/People
- Eastern Band of Cherokee
- Artist/Maker
- Cecelia Taylor, Eastern Band of Cherokee, 1906-1947
- Previous owner
- Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
- IACB source
- Qualla Arts & Crafts Mutual (Qualla Arts & Crafts Cooperative/Qualla Arts & Crafts Coop/Qualla Crafts), 1946-
- Collection History
- Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the Qualla Arts and Crafts Cooperative (Cherokee, North Carolina) in 1952; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.
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- Place
- Eastern Cherokee Reservation, Qualla Boundary; Jackson County and Swain County; North Carolina; USA (inferred)
- See related items
- Eastern Band of Cherokee
- Furnishings (Home)
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 25/5944
- Barcode
- 255944.000
- Object Type
- Furnishings (Home)
- Object Name
- Towel
- Media/Materials
- Linen
- Techniques
- Embroidered
- Dimensions
- 56.2 x 31.3 cm
- Record ID
- NMAI_271810