Culture/People

Houma

Artist/Maker

John Parfait, Houma, b. 1943

Previous owner

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

IACB source

Houma Indian Crafts

Object Name

Female mallard duck figure

Media/Materials

Tupelo, paint

Techniques

Carved, painted

Dimensions

11.5 x 5 x 5.4 cm

Object Type

Sculpture/Carving/Figures

Place

Dulac; Terrebonne Parish; Louisiana; USA

Date created

December 1980

Collection History

Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from Houma Indian Crafts (Dulac, Louisiana) in 1981; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.

Catalog Number

25/6973

Barcode

256973.000

See related items

Houma

Sculpture/Carving/Figures

On View

NMAI, Washington DC: Window on Collections, Animals

Data Source

National Museum of the American Indian

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