Object Details
Culture/People
Tuscarora
Artist/Maker
Duffy Wilson (Wilmer Francis Wilson/Segwoi-Don-Kwe), Tuscarora/Cayuga, 1925-2002
Previous owner
Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
IACB agent
Nancy Engle, Non-Indian
IACB source
Duffy Wilson (Wilmer Francis Wilson/Segwoi-Don-Kwe), Tuscarora/Cayuga, 1925-2002
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
25/6553
Barcode
256553.000
Object Type
Adornment/Jewelry
Object Name
Necklace with turtle pendant
Media/Materials
Cow horn, commercial leather thong
Techniques
Carved, incised, drilled
Dimensions
49.4 x 3.1 x 1.3 cm
Place
Tuscarora Reservation; Niagara County; New York; USA
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Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Link to Original Record
Record ID
NMAI_272436