Ernest P. Smith (Ernest Peter Smith/Gaon-yah [From the Middle of the Sky]), Seneca [Tonawanda], 1907-1975
Previous owner
Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
IACB agent
Nancy Engle, Non-Indian
IACB source
Ernest P. Smith (Ernest Peter Smith/Gaon-yah [From the Middle of the Sky]), Seneca [Tonawanda], 1907-1975
Collection History
Purchased by Nancy Engle (Buffalo Museum of Science, Buffalo, New York) from the artist on behalf of the Indian Arts and Crafts Board in 1969; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.
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