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Dick West (Wapah Nahyah/Wah-pah-nah-yah/Walter Richard West, Sr.), Southern Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne), 1912-1996
Donor
Harold Eugene Blitch, Non-Indian, 1919-2010
Bess C. Blitch (Bessie Cleo Scott/Mrs. Harold Eugene Blitch), Non-Indian, 1921-2017
Previous owner
Harold Eugene Blitch, Non-Indian, 1919-2010
Bess C. Blitch (Bessie Cleo Scott/Mrs. Harold Eugene Blitch), Non-Indian, 1921-2017
Alvie Tate, Non-Indian
Dick West (Wapah Nahyah/Wah-pah-nah-yah/Walter Richard West, Sr.), Southern Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne), 1912-1996
Rene West (Rene Wagoner West), Non-Indian
Collection History
Presented by the artist and his wife, Rene West, to family friend Alvie Tate in 1977; given by Mr. Tate to Harold Eugene Blitch (1919-2010) and his wife Bess Cleo Blitch (1921-2017) at an unknown date; donated to NMAI by Mr. and Mrs. Blitch in 1996.
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