Slow Death
date: label: Date created
content: April 1974
name: label: Culture/People
content: Mohawk [Six Nations of the Grand River, Brantford, Ontario]
label: Artist/Maker
content: Valerie M. Staats, Mohawk [Six Nations of the Grand River, Brantford, Ontario]
label: Previous owner
content: Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
label: IACB source
content: Valerie M. Staats, Mohawk [Six Nations of the Grand River, Brantford, Ontario]
notes: label: Collection History
content: Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the artist in 1974; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.
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place: label: Place
content: Lewiston; Niagara County; New York; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Mohawk [Six Nations of the Grand River, Brantford, Ontario]
label: See related items
content: Sculpture/Carving/Figures
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 25/9940
label: Barcode
content: 259940.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sculpture/Carving/Figures
physicalDescription: label: Title
content: Slow Death
label: Object Name
content: Figure (No image available)
label: Media/Materials
content: Steatite/soapstone
label: Techniques
content: Carved
label: Dimensions
content: 9.8 x 9.9 x 22.6 cm