Torches of the Soul Seekers
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- Date created
- 1960-1965
- Culture/People
- Kiowa
- Artist/Maker
- Blackbear Bosin (Francis Blackbear Bosin/Kongia [Blackbear]), Kiowa/Niuam (Comanche), 1921-1980; published by Western Lithograph, Wichita, Kansas
- IACB source
- Oklahoma Indian Arts and Crafts Cooperative (Oklahoma Indian Arts and Crafts Co-op/Southern Plains Indian Craftspersons' Cooperative)
- Previous owner
- Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
- Collection History
- Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the Oklahoma Indian Arts and Crafts Co-op (Anadarko, Oklahoma) in 1970; 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
- Wichita; Sedgwick County; Kansas; USA (inferred)
- See related items
- Kiowa
- Painting/Drawing/Print
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 25/9703
- Barcode
- 259703.002
- Object Type
- Painting/Drawing/Print
- Title
- Torches of the Soul Seekers
- Object Name
- Media/Materials
- Paper, ink
- Techniques
- Lithographed
- Dimensions
- 56 x 77.5 cm
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_275791