Otter effigy hair comb

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Object Details

Culture/People

Mohawk [Six Nations of the Grand River, Brantford, Ontario]

Artist/Maker

Norman Jacobs, Mohawk [Six Nations of the Grand River, Brantford, Ontario]/Cayuga [Six Nations of the Grand River, Brantford, Ontario], 1943-2003

Previous owner

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

IACB source

Duffy Wilson (Wilmer Francis Wilson/Segwoi-Don-Kwe), Tuscarora/Cayuga, 1925-2002

Collection History

Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from Duffy Wilson (Wilmer Francis Wilson, Tuscarora/Cayuga, 1925-2002) in 1971; 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

1971

Catalog Number

25/6622

Barcode

256622.000

Object Type

Personal items

Object Name

Otter effigy hair comb

Media/Materials

Cow horn

Techniques

Carved, etched, polished

Dimensions

9.1 x 5.5 x 0.3 cm

Place

Brantford; Brant County; Ontario; Canada

See related items

Mohawk [Six Nations of the Grand River, Brantford, Ontario]

Personal items

Data Source

National Museum of the American Indian

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6a63f18c6-49fc-4754-8fd4-079062e5b069

Record ID

NMAI_272505