Object Details
Culture/People
Oklahoma Cherokee
Artist/Maker
Mavis Doering (Mavis Vercine Langley Doering), Cherokee Nation, 1929-2007
Previous owner
Priscilla M. King (Pam M. King/Priscilla Martin King), Non-Indian, 1926-2002
Donor
Priscilla M. King (Pam M. King/Priscilla Martin King), Non-Indian, 1926-2002
Collection History
Formerly in the collection of Priscilla (Pam) M. King (1926-2002, owner of the Buffalo Gallery, Alexandria, Virginia); donated to NMAI by Pam King in 1998.
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Date created
1980-1990
Catalog Number
25/4790
Barcode
254790.000
Object Type
Containers and Vessels
Title
Witch Deer
Object Name
Basket
Media/Materials
Reed, buckbrush, ash splints, palm wood, vegetal dye/dyes, acrylic paint
Techniques
Dyed, wicker-plaited, painted
Place
Oklahoma; USA (inferred)
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Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Link to Original Record
Record ID
NMAI_270340