Object Details
Culture/People
Eastern Band of Cherokee
Artist/Maker
Sammy Cucumber, Eastern Band of Cherokee, b. ca. 1918
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 1986; 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
1985-1986
Catalog Number
25/5314
Barcode
255314.000
Object Type
Sculpture/Carving/Figures
Object Name
Owl man figure
Media/Materials
Wood, paint, varnish
Techniques
Carved, painted, varnished
Dimensions
11.2 x 9.8 x 18.2 cm
Place
North Carolina; USA (inferred)
See related items
Eastern Band of Cherokee
Sculpture/Carving/Figures
On View
NMAI, Washington DC: Window on Collections, Animals
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Link to Original Record
Record ID
NMAI_271179
