Otter On Ice II
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- Date created
- 1984
- Culture/People
- Abenaki (Abnaki)
- Artist/Maker
- Gerard Tsonakwa (Gerard Rancourt Jr./Tsonakwa), Abenaki (Abnaki), b. 1943
- Previous owner
- Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
- IACB source
- Raven Gallery (The Raven Gallery)
- Collection History
- Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from The Raven Gallery (Minneapolis, Minnesota) in 1984; 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
- Northern Québec; Nord du Québec Region (Nunavik); Québec; Canada
- See related items
- Abenaki (Abnaki)
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 26/1752
- Barcode
- 261752.000
- Object Type
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
- Title
- Otter On Ice II
- Object Name
- Sculpture
- Media/Materials
- Steatite/soapstone, mother-of-pearl, turquoise, jade
- Techniques
- Carved, inlaid, painted, incised
- Dimensions
- 25.1 x 4.0 x 10.7 cm
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_277858