Spirit Bird
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- Date created
- 1972
- Culture/People
- Oklahoma Cherokee
- Artist/Maker
- Edna H. Massey (Edna Hogner Massey/Kitty Massey), Cherokee Nation, 1913-1977
- Previous owner
- Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
- IACB source
- Marilyn Thomas, Non-Indian
- Collection History
- Formerly in the collection of Marilyn Thomas (Albuquerque, New Mexico); purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from Marilyn Thomas in 1979; 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
- Washington, DC; District of Columbia; USA
- See related items
- Oklahoma Cherokee
- Painting/Drawing/Print
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 26/1061
- Barcode
- 261061.000
- Object Type
- Painting/Drawing/Print
- Title
- Spirit Bird
- Object Name
- Media/Materials
- Cotton cloth, ink
- Techniques
- Silkscreen printed
- Dimensions
- 96.0 x 114.0 cm
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_277156