Culture/People

Eastern Band of Cherokee

Artist/Maker

Watty Chiltoskey (Wahdih Chiltoskey/Watty Chiltaski), Eastern Band of Cherokee, 1899-1973

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

Bookends

Media/Materials

Cedar

Techniques

Carved

Dimensions

4.8 x 11.4 x 9.1 cm

Object Type

Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs

Place

Cherokee, Eastern Cherokee Reservation, Qualla Boundary; Swain County; North Carolina; USA

Date created

1966

Collection History

Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the Department of the Interior Indian Craft Shop (Washington, DC) in 1967; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.

Catalog Number

25/8233

Barcode

258233.000

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Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs

Data Source

National Museum of the American Indian

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