Iroquois Legends

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Date created: 1970

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 source: Duffy Wilson (Wilmer Francis Wilson/Segwoi-Don-Kwe), Tuscarora/Cayuga, 1925-2002

Collection History: Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the artist 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: Tuscarora Reservation; Niagara County; New York; USA

See related items: Tuscarora; Sculpture/Carving/Figures

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 26/958
Barcode: 260958.000

Object Type: Sculpture/Carving/Figures

Title: Iroquois Legends
Object Name: Sculpture
Media/Materials: Steatite/soapstone
Techniques: Carved, incised
Dimensions: 47.3 x 31 x 38.5 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6b3258881-beb5-4e6d-90dc-3b1d60aeefb0

Record ID: NMAI_276745