Ashtray
date: label: Date created
content: 1965
name: label: Culture/People
content: Mississippi Choctaw
label: Artist/Maker
content: Sweenie Willis (Sweeny Willis/Mrs. Bill W. Willis), Mississippi Choctaw, 1902-1977
label: Previous owner
content: Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
label: IACB source
content: Choctaw Craft Association (Choctaw Craft Association)
notes: label: Collection History
content: Made during a pottery demonstration-workshop on the Mississippi Choctaw Reservation led by Cora Wahnetah (Eastern Band of Cherokee, 1907-1986) in 1965; purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the Choctaw Craft Association (Philadelphia, Mississippi) in 1965; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Pearl River Community, Choctaw Reservation; Neshoba County; Mississippi; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Mississippi Choctaw
label: See related items
content: Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 25/8328
label: Barcode
content: 258328.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Ashtray
label: Media/Materials
content: Pottery
label: Techniques
content: Coiled/hand built, modeled, incised
label: Dimensions
content: 11.3 x 10.7 x 3.7 cm