Bear mask
date: label: Date created
content: 1973
name: label: Culture/People
content: Eastern Band of Cherokee
label: Artist/Maker
content: Boyd Owle, Eastern Band of Cherokee, b. ca. 1955
label: Previous owner
content: Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
label: IACB source
content: Medicine Man Crafts (Medicine Man Craft Shop), 1967-
notes: label: Collection History
content: Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the Medicine Man Craft Shop (Cherokee, North Carolina) in 1974; 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: Cherokee, Eastern Cherokee Reservation, Qualla Boundary; Swain County; North Carolina; USA (inferred)
setName: label: See related items
content: Eastern Band of Cherokee
label: See related items
content: Masks and Masking
label: On View
content: NMAI, Washington DC: Outside Rasmuson Theater, Music and Dance
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 25/5233
label: Barcode
content: 255233.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Masks and Masking
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Bear mask
label: Media/Materials
content: Wood, paint, metal wire
label: Techniques
content: Carved, painted
label: Dimensions
content: 35 x 21.5 x 8.5 cm