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Earth Mother

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    Object Details

    Culture/People

    Warm Springs Chiricahua Apache (New Mexico)

    Artist/Maker

    Allan Houser (Allan Capron Houser/Allan C. Houser), Warm Springs Chiricahua Apache (New Mexico), 1914-1994

    Previous owner

    R. R. Donnelley and Sons Company

    Donor

    R. R. Donnelley and Sons Company

    Previous seller

    AHI Studio

    Collection History

    Purchased from the AHI Studio (Galisteo, New Mexico) by the R. R. Donnelley and Sons Company (Chicago, Illinois) in 1992; donated to NMAI by the R. R. Donnelley and Sons Company in 2005.

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    Date created

    1986

    Catalog Number

    26/5379

    Barcode

    265379.000

    Object Type

    Sculpture/Carving/Figures

    Title

    Earth Mother

    Object Name

    Sculpture

    Media/Materials

    Bronze

    Techniques

    Cast

    Dimensions

    76.2 x 76.2 x 99.06 cm

    Place

    Santa Fe; Santa Fe County; New Mexico; USA (inferred)

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    Warm Springs Chiricahua Apache (New Mexico)
    Sculpture/Carving/Figures

    Data Source

    National Museum of the American Indian

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6b10a4786-a38a-4999-8b7f-88fbcde0f5d2

    Record ID

    NMAI_281604

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