Object Details
Culture/People
Yakutat Tlingit
Artist/Maker
George Daniel Benson, Sr., Yakutat Tlingit, 1900-1986
IACB source
Indian Arts and Crafts Board Office, Sitka, Alaska (IACB Office, Sitka, Alaska)
Previous owner
Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
IACB source
Indian Arts and Crafts Board Demonstration Workshop (Sitka, Alaska) (IACB Demonstration Workshop)
Collection History
Formerly in the collection held by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board Office in Sitka, Alaska, which included many pieces produced and acquired during IACB demonstration-workshops held in Sitka between 1962 and 1968; transferred to the IACB Headquarters collection in Washington, DC, in 1969; 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
1966
Catalog Number
25/8266
Barcode
258266.000
Object Type
Containers and Vessels
Object Name
Frog bowl/dish
Media/Materials
Yellow cedar, abalone/haliotis shell, wood stain
Techniques
Carved, stained, inlaid
Dimensions
18 x 12.1 x 6.7 cm
Place
Sitka; Sealaska Native Corporation; Alaska; USA (inferred)
Archipelago
Alexander Archipelago
Island Name
Baranof Island
See related items
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Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Link to Original Record
Record ID
NMAI_274198