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

Hairpin with raven effigy

Media/Materials

Elk antler

Techniques

Carved

Dimensions

22.2 x 3 x 1.2 cm

Object Type

Adornment/Jewelry

Place

Ariel; Cowlitz County; Washington; USA (inferred)

Date created

1965

Collection History

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

Catalog Number

25/6785

Barcode

256785.000

See related items

Cherokee

Adornment/Jewelry

Data Source

National Museum of the American Indian

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