Drummer figure
date: label: Date created
content: 1974-1975
name: label: Culture/People
content: Eastern Band of Cherokee
label: Artist/Maker
content: William Lossiah, Eastern Band of Cherokee, b. 1937
label: Previous owner
content: Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
label: IACB source
content: Qualla Arts & Crafts Mutual (Qualla Arts & Crafts Cooperative/Qualla Arts & Crafts Coop/Qualla Crafts), 1946-
notes: label: Collection History
content: Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the Qualla Arts and Crafts Cooperative (Cherokee, North Carolina) in 1975; 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: Swimmer Branch; Eastern Cherokee Reservation, Qualla Boundary; Jackson County; North Carolina; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Eastern Band of Cherokee
label: See related items
content: Sculpture/Carving/Figures
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 25/9864
label: Barcode
content: 259864.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sculpture/Carving/Figures
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Drummer figure
label: Media/Materials
content: Steatite/soapstone
label: Techniques
content: Carved, polished
label: Dimensions
content: 9.8 x 5.7 x 12 cm