Object Details
Culture/People
Eastern Band of Cherokee
Artist/Maker
William Lossiah, Eastern Band of Cherokee, b. 1937
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)
Previous seller
Qualla Arts & Crafts Mutual (Qualla Arts & Crafts Cooperative/Qualla Arts & Crafts Coop/Qualla Crafts), 1946-
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
1983
Catalog Number
25/5876
Barcode
255876.000
Object Type
Masks and Masking
Object Name
Buffalo mask
Media/Materials
Wood, paint, imitation/faux fur, commercially tanned leather
Techniques
Carved, painted, stitched
Dimensions
36.5 x 28.9 x 31 cm
Place
Swimmer Branch; Eastern Cherokee Reservation, Qualla Boundary; Jackson County; North Carolina; USA
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On View
NMAI, Washington DC: Window on Collections, Animals
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Link to Original Record
Record ID
NMAI_271742