Swift Messenger
date: label: Date created
content: 1990
name: label: Culture/People
content: Warm Springs Chiricahua Apache (New Mexico)
label: Artist/Maker
content: Allan Houser (Allan Capron Houser/Allan C. Houser), Warm Springs Chiricahua Apache (New Mexico), 1914-1994
label: Donor
content: Irene Hirano Inouye (Mrs. Daniel K. Inouye), Non-Indian, 1948-2020
label: Previous owner
content: Senator Daniel K. Inouye, Non-Indian, 1924-2012
notes: label: Collection History
content: Formerly in the collection of Senator Daniel K. Inouye (1924-2012, D-Hawaii) and probably received as a gift in recognition of his service to American Indians as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs (1987-1995 and 2001-2003); donated to NMAI by Senator Inouye's widow Irene Hirano Inouye (1948-2020) in 2013.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Santa Fe; Santa Fe County; New Mexico; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Warm Springs Chiricahua Apache (New Mexico)
label: See related items
content: Sculpture/Carving/Figures
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 26/9059
label: Barcode
content: 269059.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sculpture/Carving/Figures
physicalDescription: label: Title
content: Swift Messenger
label: Object Name
content: Figural group
label: Media/Materials
content: Bronze, wood, metal wire
label: Techniques
content: Cast, nailed
label: Dimensions
content: 39.5 x 14.0 x 18.2 cm