Culture/People

Cherokee

Artist/Maker

Don Morse Smith (Lelooska), Cherokee descent, 1933-1996

Previous owner

Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-

IACB source

Don Morse Smith (Lelooska), Cherokee descent, 1933-1996

Object Name

Mask

Media/Materials

Cedar, bearskin/fur, paint

Techniques

Carved, painted

Dimensions

12 x 26 x 32 cm

Object Type

Masks and Masking

Place

Ariel; Cowlitz County; Washington; USA (inferred)

Date created

1964

Collection History

Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the artist in 1964; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.

Catalog Number

25/5671

Barcode

255671.000

See related items

Cherokee

Masks and Masking

Data Source

National Museum of the American Indian

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