Lynx figure

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Object Details

Culture/People

Diné (Navajo)

Artist/Maker

attributed to Herbert Davis, Diné (Navajo)

Previous owner

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

IACB source

DOI Indian Craft Shop (Department of the Interior Indian Craft Shop)

Collection History

Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the Department of the Interior Indian Craft Shop (Washington, DC) in 1985; 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

1985

Catalog Number

25/6125

Barcode

256125.000

Object Type

Sculpture/Carving/Figures

Object Name

Lynx figure

Media/Materials

Turquoise

Techniques

Carved, inlaid

Dimensions

9 x 4.5 x 7.5 cm

Place

Arizona; USA (inferred)

See related items

Diné (Navajo)

Sculpture/Carving/Figures

On View

NMAI, Washington DC: Window on Collections, Animals

Data Source

National Museum of the American Indian

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6ac071bbd-ad14-4f46-b750-b4d075b0879b

Record ID

NMAI_271997