Culture/People

Diné (Navajo)

Artist/Maker

Conrad House, Diné (Navajo)/Oneida, 1956-2001

Previous owner

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

IACB source

Sacred Circle Gallery of American Indian Art

Title

Chaco Canyon Parrot #2

Object Name

Plate

Media/Materials

Pottery, feather/feathers, sinew, turquoise, shell/shells, glaze

Techniques

Coiled/hand built, glazed, tied

Dimensions

4.5 x 42.4 cm

Object Type

Food/Beverage Serving

Place

Thoreau; McKinley County; New Mexico; USA (inferred)

Date created

1984

Collection History

Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the Sacred Circle Gallery of American Indian Art (Seattle, Washington) in 1984; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.

Catalog Number

26/1381

Barcode

261381.000

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Data Source

National Museum of the American Indian

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