Object Details
- Collection History
- Made during a pottery demonstration-workshop on the Mississippi Choctaw Reservation led by Cora Wahnetah (Eastern Band of Cherokee, 1907-1986) in 1965; purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the Choctaw Craft Association (Philadelphia, Mississippi) 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
- Mississippi Choctaw
- Artist/Maker
- Juanita Jim (Juanita Jim Hall), Mississippi Choctaw, 1938-2008
- IACB source
- Choctaw Craft Association (Choctaw Craft Association)
- Previous owner
- Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
- Date created
- 1965
- Object Name
- Ashtray
- Media/Materials
- Pottery
- Techniques
- Slab built, modeled, burnished
- Dimensions
- 11.4 x 11 x 2.9 cm
- Object Type
- Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs
