Swaixwe mask
date: label: Date created
content: 1970
name: label: Culture/People
content: Lummi
label: Artist/Maker
content: Morrie Alexander (Morris Alexander), Lummi, 1915-1973
label: Previous owner
content: Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
label: IACB Source
content: Morrie Alexander (Morris Alexander), Lummi, 1915-1973
notes: label: Collection History
content: Made while the artist was an instructor at Lummi carving apprenticeship program at the Whatcom Museum of History and Art (Bellingham, Washington); purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the artist in 1970; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.
label: Contact Us
content: Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement
place: label: Place
content: Bellingham; Whatcom County; Washington; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Lummi
label: See related items
content: Masks and Masking
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 25/8270
label: Barcode
content: 258270.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Masks and Masking
physicalDescription: label: Title
content: Swaixwe mask
label: Object Name
content: Mask
label: Media/Materials
content: Cedar, glass bead/beads
label: Techniques
content: Carved, inlaid
label: Dimensions
content: 54 x 27.4 x 18.2 cm