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Flying head sculpture (Image withheld)
Object Details
- Collection History
- Acquired by MAI from an unknown source in 1973, possibly through the MAI gift shop.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Date created
- 1972
- Catalog Number
- 24/7858
- Barcode
- 247858.000
- Culture/People
- Tuscarora
- Artist/Maker
- Duffy Wilson (Wilmer Francis Wilson/Segwoi-Don-Kwe), Tuscarora/Cayuga, 1925-2002
- Possible owner
- Museum Shop, Museum of the American Indian (MAI museum shop/Book Counter), 1956-1989
- Object Type
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
- Object Name
- Flying head sculpture (Image withheld)
- Media/Materials
- Steatite/soapstone
- Techniques
- Carved
- Place
- Tuscarora Reservation; Niagara County; New York; USA (inferred)
- See related items
- Tuscarora
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
- Record ID
- NMAI_263657
- Usage
- CC0
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