Object Details
Culture/People
Acoma Pueblo
Artist/Maker
Lucy M. Lewis (Lucy Lewis/Lucy Martin Lewis), Acoma Pueblo, ca. 1898-1992
Previous owner
Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
IACB source
DOI Indian Craft Shop (Department of the Interior Indian Craft Shop)
Collection History
Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the Department of the Interior Indian Craft Shop (Washington, DC) in 1964; 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
1963
Catalog Number
25/8834
Barcode
258834.000
Object Type
Sculpture/Carving/Figures
Object Name
Turkey figure
Media/Materials
Pottery, paint
Techniques
Coiled/hand built, modeled, painted
Dimensions
11.6 x 9 x 11.1 cm
Place
Acoma Pueblo, Acoma Reservation; Cibola County; New Mexico; USA
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Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Link to Original Record
Record ID
NMAI_274782