Eagle figure

Date created
1965
Culture/People
Yakutat Tlingit
Artist/Maker
George Daniel Benson, Sr., Yakutat Tlingit, 1900-1986
IACB source
Indian Arts and Crafts Board Office, Sitka, Alaska (IACB Office, Sitka, Alaska)
Previous owner
Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
IACB Source
Indian Arts and Crafts Board Demonstration Workshop (Sitka, Alaska) (IACB Demonstration Workshop)
Collection History
Formerly in the collection held by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board Office in Sitka, Alaska, which included many pieces produced and acquired during IACB demonstration-workshops held in Sitka between 1962 and 1968; transferred to the IACB Headquarters collection in Washington, DC, in 1969; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.
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Place
Sitka; Sealaska Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
Archipelago
Alexander Archipelago
Island Name
Baranof Island
See related items
Yakutat Tlingit
Sculpture/Carving/Figures
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Catalog Number
26/1380
Barcode
261380.000
Object Type
Sculpture/Carving/Figures
Object Name
Eagle figure
Media/Materials
Alder
Techniques
Carved
Dimensions
13.5 x 9.7 x 34.2 cm
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws622cfa7f6-ecd0-4fc2-978d-a741a667fbf0
Record ID
NMAI_277477