Culture/People

Seminole

Artist/Maker

Buffalo Jim, Seminole, 1905-1994

Previous owner

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

IACB source

Seminole Arts and Crafts Center

Object Name

Turtle figures

Media/Materials

Cypress

Techniques

Carved

Dimensions

8.2 x 3.5 x 1.5 cm

Object Type

Sculpture/Carving/Figures

Place

Big Cypress Reservation; Hendry County; Florida; USA

Date created

1964

Collection History

Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the Seminole Arts and Crafts Center (Hollywood, Florida) in 1965; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.

Catalog Number

25/5769

Barcode

255769.000

See related items

Seminole

Sculpture/Carving/Figures

Data Source

National Museum of the American Indian

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