Figure of an otter

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Object Details

Culture/People

Cree

Previous owner

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

IACB source

Henry Morgan and Company, Ltd.

Collection History

Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from Henry Morgan and Company, Ltd. (Canadian department store chain) in 1967; 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

1967

Catalog Number

25/5731

Barcode

255731.000

Object Type

Sculpture/Carving/Figures

Object Name

Figure of an otter

Media/Materials

Spruce

Techniques

Carved

Dimensions

15 x 3 x 3 cm

Place

Kuujjuarapik (Great Whale River); Nord du Québec Region (Nunavik); Québec; Canada

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Cree

Sculpture/Carving/Figures

Data Source

National Museum of the American Indian

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws65ac5e2d4-6cca-4d14-8124-087a382a2f62

Record ID

NMAI_271597