Female mallard duck figure

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Date created: December 1980

Culture/People: Houma
Artist/Maker: John Parfait, Houma, b. 1943
Previous owner: Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
IACB source: Houma Indian Crafts

Collection History: Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from Houma Indian Crafts (Dulac, Louisiana) in 1981; 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: Dulac; Terrebonne Parish; Louisiana; USA

See related items: Houma; Sculpture/Carving/Figures
On View: NMAI, Washington DC: Window on Collections, Animals

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 25/6973
Barcode: 256973.000

Object Type: Sculpture/Carving/Figures

Object Name: Female mallard duck figure
Media/Materials: Tupelo, paint
Techniques: Carved, painted
Dimensions: 11.5 x 5 x 5.4 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws65ebdc3e8-3865-4503-876c-ef21360943cc

Record ID: NMAI_272857