Bowl

Date created
1965
Culture/People
Mississippi Choctaw
Artist/Maker
Sallie Henry, Mississippi Choctaw, 1902-1979
IACB source
Choctaw Craft Association (Choctaw Craft Association)
Previous owner
Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
Collection History
Made during a pottery demonstration-workshop on the Mississippi Choctaw Reservation led by Cora Wahnetah (Eastern Band of Cherokee, 1907-1986) in 1965; purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the Choctaw Craft Association (Philadelphia, Mississippi) in 1965; 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
Philadelphia; Neshoba County; Mississippi; USA
See related items
Mississippi Choctaw
Containers and Vessels
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Catalog Number
25/7104
Barcode
257104.000
Object Type
Containers and Vessels
Object Name
Bowl
Media/Materials
Pottery
Techniques
Coiled/hand built, modeled
Dimensions
11 x 10.9 x 8.2 cm
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6188f8f32-06c6-434e-b46a-81c090b424a5
Record ID
NMAI_272989