Sacred Circle
date: label: Date created
content: 2003-2004
name: label: Culture/People
content: Coast Salish
label: Artist/Maker
content: Susan A. Point (Susan Point), Coast Salish, b. 1952
label: Seller
content: Susan A. Point (Susan Point/Susan Agnes Martha Point/Susan Sparrow), Coast Salish, b. 1952
label: Honoree
content: Yvonne Chouteau (Myra Yvonne Chouteau Terekhov), Oklahoma Shawnee/Cherokee, 1929-2016
label: Honoree
content: Rosella Hightower, Choctaw Nation Of Oklahoma, 1920-2008
label: Honoree
content: Moscelyne Larkin, Oklahoma Shawnee/Peoria, 1925-2012
label: Honoree
content: Maria Tallchief, Osage, 1925-2013
label: Honoree
content: Marjorie Tallchief (Marjorie Skibine), Osage, 1926-2021
notes: label: Collection History
content: NMAI commission from the artist in 2003-2004; other editions were presented as "Cultural Treasure Awards" to five internationally famous Native ballerinas on the occasion of the NMAI's opening in Washington, DC, in September 2004: Yvonne Chouteau (Shawnee/Cherokee, 1929-2016), Rosella Hightower (Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, 1920-2008), Moscelyne Larkin (Shawnee/Peoria, 1925-2012), Maria Tallchief (Osage, 1925-2013), and Marjorie Tallchief (Osage, 1926-2021).
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: Musqueam; Vancouver; Greater Vancouver Regional District; British Columbia; Canada
setName: label: See related items
content: Coast Salish
label: See related items
content: Works of Art (Other)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 26/4647
label: Barcode
content: 264647.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Works of Art (Other)
physicalDescription: label: Title
content: Sacred Circle
label: Object Name
content: Spindle whorl
label: Media/Materials
content: Glass, red cedar
label: Techniques
content: Cast, sandblasted, carved
label: Dimensions
content: 34 x 30.5 x 18.5 cm