Object Details
- Collection History
- Purchased by Esther N. Finkelstein (1910-2011) at the Gypsy Tea Room (on Washington Square in New York City) between 1957 and 1959; donated to NMAI by Esther Finkelstein in 1998.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Rincon Band Luiseño
- Artist/Maker
- Bonita Wa Wa Calachaw Nunez (Wa Wa Chaw/Wa Wa Calac Chaw [Keep From the Water]/Princess Wa Wa Chaw), Rincon Band Luiseño, 1888-1972
- Seller
- Gypsy Tea Room
- Previous owner
- Esther N. Finkelstein, Non-Indian, 1910-2011
- Donor
- Esther N. Finkelstein, Non-Indian, 1910-2011
- Date created
- circa 1950
- Title
- Mother and Child
- Object Name
- Painting
- Media/Materials
- Tin, oil paint
- Techniques
- Hammered, painted
- Object Type
- Painting/Drawing/Print
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