Turtle and snake figure
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Object Details
- Culture/People
- Tuscarora
- Artist/Maker
- Duffy Wilson (Wilmer Francis Wilson/Segwoi-Don-Kwe), Tuscarora/Cayuga, 1925-2002
- Previous owner
- Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
- Collection History
- Acquired by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from an unknown source at an unknown date; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.
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- Date created
- circa 1975
- Catalog Number
- 25/9859
- Barcode
- 259859.000
- Object Type
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
- Object Name
- Turtle and snake figure
- Media/Materials
- Steatite/soapstone
- Techniques
- Carved, incised
- Dimensions
- 10 x 5.3 x 3.2 cm
- Place
- Tuscarora Reservation; Niagara County; New York; USA
- See related items
- Tuscarora
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_275948
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws646cc5268-3522-46ce-bbfd-af48b886a8d3
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