Curing the Sick

Date created
1968
Culture/People
Seneca [Tonawanda]
Artist/Maker
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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Place
New York; USA
See related items
Seneca [Tonawanda]
Painting/Drawing/Print
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Catalog Number
26/775
Barcode
260775.000
Object Type
Painting/Drawing/Print
Title
Curing the Sick
Object Name
Painting (Image withheld)
Media/Materials
Cotton canvas, oil paint
Techniques
Painted
Dimensions
59.7 x 43.2 cm
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws68c547ea1-a1a3-4c7e-9519-aaa2701fbb30
Record ID
NMAI_276942