The Last O-Nyiah-Gway-Hay

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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: Akron, Tonawanda Reservation; Erie County; New York; USA

See related items: Seneca [Tonawanda]; Painting/Drawing/Print

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 26/2226
Barcode: 262226.000

Object Type: Painting/Drawing/Print

Title: The Last O-Nyiah-Gway-Hay
Object Name: Painting
Media/Materials: Paperboard, ink, watercolor
Techniques: Painted
Dimensions: 50.7 x 38 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws648e399fb-62ac-4c08-891f-3a29c4a9dd8b

Record ID: NMAI_278334