Burning Feathers
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- Date created
- 1968
- Culture/People
- Nomtipom Wintu
- Artist/Maker
- Frank LaPena (Frank La Pena/Towendolly), Nomtipom Wintu, 1937-2019
- Previous owner
- Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
- IACB source
- Frank LaPena (Frank La Pena/Towendolly), Nomtipom Wintu, 1937-2019
- Collection History
- Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the artist 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
- San Francisco; San Francisco County; California; USA (inferred)
- See related items
- Nomtipom Wintu
- Painting/Drawing/Print
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 26/1057
- Barcode
- 261057.000
- Object Type
- Painting/Drawing/Print
- Title
- Burning Feathers
- Object Name
- Painting
- Media/Materials
- Hardboard (high-density fiberboard, Masonite), oil paint
- Techniques
- Painted
- Dimensions
- 76.8 x 116.8 cm
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_277152