Object Details
- Collection History
- Made during a pottery workshop held at the Pearl River Mississippi Choctaw community in May 1967; donated to the Indian Arts and Crafts Board by the Choctaw Crafts Association (Philadelphia, Mississippi) in 1967; 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
- Mississippi Choctaw
- Artist/Maker
- attributed to Sweenie Willis (Sweeny Willis/Mrs. Bill W. Willis), Mississippi Choctaw, 1902-1977
- Previous owner
- Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
- IACB source
- Choctaw Craft Association (Choctaw Craft Association)
- Date created
- May 1967
- Object Name
- Bowl
- Media/Materials
- Pottery
- Techniques
- Coiled/hand built, incised
- Dimensions
- 10 x 9.8 x 7.4 cm
- Object Type
- Containers and Vessels
