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

DOI Indian Craft Shop (Department of the Interior Indian Craft Shop)

Object Name

Copper

Media/Materials

Copper

Techniques

Hammered, engraved

Dimensions

72.1 x 48.6 x 1.8 cm

Object Type

Ceremonial/Ritual items

Place

Ariel; Cowlitz County; Washington; USA (inferred)

Date created

circa 1975

Collection History

Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the Department of the Interior Indian Craft Shop (Washington, DC) in 1979; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.

Catalog Number

25/7095

Barcode

257095.000

See related items

Cherokee

Ceremonial/Ritual items

Data Source

National Museum of the American Indian

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