Flying Head, The Spirit of Hurricane
- Date created
- 1969
- Culture/People
- Seneca [Tonawanda]
- Artist/Maker
- Ernest P. Smith (Ernest Peter Smith/Gaon-yah [From the Middle of the Sky]), Seneca [Tonawanda], 1907-1975
- IACB source
- 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-
- Commissioner
- Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
- Collection History
- Commissioned 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
- 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
- 26/2028
- Barcode
- 262028.000
- Object Type
- Painting/Drawing/Print
- Title
- Flying Head, The Spirit of Hurricane
- Object Name
- Painting
- Media/Materials
- Cotton canvas, oil paint
- Techniques
- Painted
- Dimensions
- 45.75 x 61 cm
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_278135