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Culture/People
Eastern Band of Cherokee
Artist/Maker
Rebecca Youngbird (Rebecca Amanda Youngbird), Eastern Band of Cherokee, 1890-1984
Previous owner
Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
IACB source
Qualla Arts & Crafts Mutual (Qualla Arts & Crafts Cooperative/Qualla Arts & Crafts Coop/Qualla Crafts), 1946-
Object Name
Bowl/Dish in the form of a turtle
Media/Materials
Pottery
Techniques
Modeled, incised
Dimensions
18.8 x 9.9 x 4.6 cm
Object Type
Containers and Vessels
Place
Cherokee, Eastern Cherokee Reservation, Qualla Boundary; Swain County; North Carolina; USA
Date created
1968
Collection History
Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the Qualla Arts and Crafts Cooperative (Cherokee, North Carolina) in 1968; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.