Hair comb with beaver design

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Date created: 1969

Culture/People: Tuscarora
Artist/Maker: Duffy Wilson (Wilmer Francis Wilson/Segwoi-Don-Kwe), Tuscarora/Cayuga, 1925-2002
Previous owner: Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
IACB agent: Nancy Engle, Non-Indian
IACB source: Duffy Wilson (Wilmer Francis Wilson/Segwoi-Don-Kwe), Tuscarora/Cayuga, 1925-2002

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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Place: Tuscarora Reservation; Niagara County; New York; USA

See related items: Tuscarora; Personal items

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 25/6618
Barcode: 256618.000

Object Type: Personal items

Object Name: Hair comb with beaver design
Media/Materials: Animal bone
Techniques: Carved, incised
Dimensions: 10.2 x 5.4 x 0.9 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws69bf05321-e93d-4288-86e6-2ff8e0614136

Record ID: NMAI_272501