Object Details
Culture/People
Tuscarora
Artist/Maker
Matilda Hill, Tuscarora, 1894-1985
Previous owner
Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
IACB agent
Nancy Engle, Non-Indian
IACB source
Matilda Hill, Tuscarora, 1894-1985
Collection History
Purchased by Nancy Engle (Buffalo Museum of Science, Buffalo, New York) from the artist on behalf of the Indian Arts and Crafts Board 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
1969
Catalog Number
26/1468
Barcode
261468.000
Object Type
Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs: Whimsies
Title
Niagara Falls 1969
Object Name
Whimsey
Media/Materials
Velveteen, taffeta, glass bead/beads, cotton tape, thread, unknown stuffing
Techniques
Sewn, raised beadwork, overlay beadwork, edge beaded, stuffed
Dimensions
14.3 x 13.3 x 4 cm
Place
Lewiston; Niagara County; New York; USA
See related items
Tuscarora
Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs: Whimsies
On View
NMAI, New York, NY: Native New York, Niagra Falls (Ex14)
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Link to Original Record
Record ID
NMAI_277565