Flying Head, The Spirit of Hurricane
date: label: Date created
content: 1969
name: label: Culture/People
content: Seneca [Tonawanda]
label: Artist/Maker
content: Ernest P. Smith (Ernest Peter Smith/Gaon-yah [From the Middle of the Sky]), Seneca [Tonawanda], 1907-1975
label: IACB source
content: Ernest P. Smith (Ernest Peter Smith/Gaon-yah [From the Middle of the Sky]), Seneca [Tonawanda], 1907-1975
label: Previous owner
content: Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
label: Commissioner
content: Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
notes: label: Collection History
content: Commissioned by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the artist in 1969; 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: Akron, Tonawanda Reservation; Erie County; New York; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Seneca [Tonawanda]
label: See related items
content: Painting/Drawing/Print
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 26/2028
label: Barcode
content: 262028.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Painting/Drawing/Print
physicalDescription: label: Title
content: Flying Head, The Spirit of Hurricane
label: Object Name
content: Painting
label: Media/Materials
content: Canvas, oil paint, wood
label: Techniques
content: Painted
label: Dimensions
content: 59.7 x 74.9 x 4.2 cm