The Messenger
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- Date created
- 1986
- Culture/People
- Tuscarora
- Artist/Maker
- Sanford Pembleton (Sandy Pembleton), Tuscarora, 1932-2018
- Previous owner
- Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
- IACB source
- Sanford Pembleton (Sandy Pembleton), Tuscarora, 1932-2018
- Collection History
- Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the artist in 1988; 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
- 26/1282
- Barcode
- 261282.000
- Object Type
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
- Title
- The Messenger
- Object Name
- Sculpture
- Media/Materials
- Steatite/soapstone
- Techniques
- Carved
- Dimensions
- 19.0 x 9.0 x 22.5 cm
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_277379