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Ella Irving (Ella Woody/Ella Cox), Oglala Lakota [Pine Ridge], 1906-1999
Previous owner
Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
IACB source
Pine Ridge Pottery, 1937-ca. 1983
Collection History
Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives at an unknown date, probably from Pine Ridge Pottery, which operated on the Pine Ridge Reservation between 1937 and about 1983; 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
Pine Ridge, Pine Ridge Reservation; Oglala Lakota County; South Dakota; USA