Lamp shade

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Usage Conditions Apply
Culture/People
Assiniboine (Stoney)
Previous owner
Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
IACB source
Northern Plains Indian Crafts Association
Object Name
Lamp shade
Media/Materials
Rawhide, metal wire, ink
Techniques
Laced, painted
Dimensions
27.0 x 51.5 cm
Object Type
Furnishings (Home)
Place
Montana; USA (inferred)
Date created
1957
Collection History
Commissioned by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives in 1957 from the Northern Plains Indian Crafts Association to match a lamp base by Ronald Senungetuk (Iñupiaq, 1933-2020) ; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.
Catalog Number
26/2221
Barcode
262221.000
See related items
Assiniboine (Stoney)
Furnishings (Home)
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
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