Hair comb with wolf effigy
- 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
- Adornment/Jewelry
- On View
- NMAI, New York, NY: Native New York, Onondaga Lake (Ex10)
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 25/6787
- Barcode
- 256787.000
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Object Name
- Hair comb with wolf effigy
- Media/Materials
- Animal bone
- Techniques
- Carved
- Dimensions
- 13.5 x 7 x 0.5 cm
- Record ID
- NMAI_272670