Object Details
- Collection History
- Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the Qualla Arts and Crafts Cooperative (Cherokee, North Carolina) in 1965; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Eastern Band of Cherokee
- Artist/Maker
- Arnessa Maney, Eastern Band of Cherokee, 1907-1998
- Previous owner
- Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
- IACB Source
- Qualla Arts & Crafts Mutual (Qualla Arts & Crafts Cooperative/Qualla Arts & Crafts Coop/Qualla Crafts), 1946-
- Date created
- 1964-1965
- Object Name
- Woman's head scarf
- Media/Materials
- Yarn
- Techniques
- Woven
- Dimensions
- 109.5 x 22.3 cm
- Object Type
- Clothing/Garments: Headwear and Headdresses
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