Object Details
- Collection History
- Formerly in the collection of William Aberbach (life partner of the artist Gerson Frank and a collector or his work); donated to MAI by William Aberbach in 1988.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Non-Indian
- Artist/Maker
- Gerson Frank, Non-Indian, 1923-2013
- Subject
- Chief Joseph (Hinmuuttu-yalatlat [Thunder Rolling Down the Mountain]/In Mut Too Yah Lat Lat), Niimíipuu (Nez Perce), 1840-1904
- Previous owner
- William Aberbach, Non-Indian
- Donor
- William Aberbach, Non-Indian
- Date created
- 1988
- Object Name
- Sculpture
- Media/Materials
- Bronze
- Techniques
- Cast
- Dimensions
- 40 x 13 x 18 cm
- Object Type
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
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