Object Details
Culture/People
Eastern Band of Cherokee
Artist/Maker
Goingback Chiltoskey (Going Back Chiltoskey/G.B. Chiltoskey/Goingback Chiltaski), Eastern Band of Cherokee, 1907-2000
Previous owner
Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
IACB source
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 Qualla Arts and Crafts Cooperative (Cherokee, North Carolina) in 1952; 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
1950-1952
Catalog Number
25/8230
Barcode
258230.000
Object Type
Sculpture/Carving/Figures
Object Name
Goose figure
Media/Materials
Holly wood
Techniques
Carved
Dimensions
11.9 x 7.1 x 21.3 cm
Place
Piney Grove, Eastern Cherokee Reservation, Qualla Boundary; Swain County; North Carolina; USA
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Sculpture/Carving/Figures
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Link to Original Record
Record ID
NMAI_274162