Dance wand/baton
name: label: Culture/People
content: Tlingit
label: Previous owner
content: Luther D. Lovekin (Lou Lovekin), Non-Indian, 1914-1993
label: Previous owner
content: Virginia Enoch Lovekin (Mrs. Luther D. Lovekin), Non-Indian, 1920-2015
label: Previous owner
content: Helen Pep Grodka (Helen Groz Pep/A Tehom Win/Mrs. Frederick B. Grodka), Non-Indian, 1898-1982
label: Donor
content: Sonia Grodka Blumenthal (Sonia Dorothy Grodka), Non-Indian
label: Donor
content: Harry W. Blumenthal, Non-Indian, 1924-2013
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Native art collectors Luther D. Lovekin (1914-1993) and Virginia Enoch Lovekin (1920-2015) (Springtown, Pennsylvania); purchased from them by Helen Pep Grodka (1898-1982, an artist and Native American art enthusiast) in 1974; donated to MAI in 1982 by Helen Pep Grodka's daughter and son-in-law, Sonia Grodka Blumenthal and Harry W. Blumenthal (1924-2013).
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Sealaska Native Corporation; Alaska; USA (inferred)
setName: label: See related items
content: Tlingit
label: See related items
content: Ceremonial/Ritual items
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 25/1645
label: Barcode
content: 251645.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Ceremonial/Ritual items
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Dance wand/baton
label: Media/Materials
content: Wood
label: Techniques
content: Carved
label: Dimensions
content: 70.5 x 4.5 cm