Mask
date: label: Date created
content: 1964
name: label: Culture/People
content: Eastern Band of Cherokee
label: Artist/Maker
content: June Welch (June Mark Welch), Eastern Band of Cherokee [Qualla Boundary], 1907-1979
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 1964; 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: Big Cove, Eastern Cherokee Reservation, Qualla Boundary; Swain County; North Carolina; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Eastern Band of Cherokee
label: See related items
content: Masks and Masking
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 25/5226
label: Barcode
content: 255226.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Masks and Masking
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Mask
label: Media/Materials
content: Buckeye wood, bearskin/fur, commercial leather thong, wood stain, paint
label: Techniques
content: Carved, stained, painted
label: Dimensions
content: 38 x 17 x 12 cm