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Spirit Friends

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  • Sculpture and base
  • Sculpture and base

    Object Details

    Culture/People

    Turtle Mountain Chippewa

    Artist/Maker

    Bruce LaFountain, Turtle Mountain Chippewa, 1961-2024

    Previous owner

    Anna May Silverman, Non-Indian
    Morton Silverman, Non-Indian

    Donor

    Anna May Silverman, Non-Indian
    Morton Silverman, Non-Indian

    Collection History

    Formerly in the collection of Morton Silverman and Anna May Silverman; donated to NMAI in 1999.

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    Date created

    1990-1995

    Catalog Number

    25/5043

    Barcode

    255043.000

    Object Type

    Sculpture/Carving/Figures

    Title

    Spirit Friends

    Object Name

    Sculpture and base

    Media/Materials

    Bronze, wood

    Techniques

    Cast

    Dimensions

    18 x 43 x 74 cm

    Place

    Turtle Mountain Reservation; Rolette County; North Dakota; USA

    See related items

    Turtle Mountain Chippewa
    Sculpture/Carving/Figures

    Data Source

    National Museum of the American Indian

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws60e6ebbeb-56b4-4797-8c5c-68684f806072

    Record ID

    NMAI_270911

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