Cha'chik, The Sea Lion Hunter
date: label: Date created
content: 1965
name: label: Culture/People
content: Non-Indian
label: Artist/Maker
content: Don Morse Smith (Lelooska), Non-Indian/Cherokee descent, 1933-1996
label: Previous owner
content: Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
label: IACB source
content: Don Morse Smith (Lelooska), Non-Indian/Cherokee descent, 1933-1996
notes: label: Collection History
content: Created during a carving demonstration by the artist sponsored by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board and held on the Makah Reservation (Neah Bay, Washington); purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the artist in 1965; 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: Neah Bay, Makah Reservation; Clallam County; Washington; USA (inferred)
setName: label: See related items
content: Non-Indian
label: See related items
content: Sculpture/Carving/Figures
label: On View
content: NMAI, Washington DC: Window on Collections, Animals
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 25/7019
label: Barcode
content: 257019.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sculpture/Carving/Figures
physicalDescription: label: Title
content: Cha'chik, The Sea Lion Hunter
label: Object Name
content: Figure
label: Media/Materials
content: Red cedar, paint
label: Techniques
content: Carved, painted
label: Dimensions
content: 20.2 x 14.5 x 35 cm