Object Details
- Collection History
- Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the artist in 1969; 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
- Lenape (Delaware)
- Artist/Maker
- Thomas J. Dorsey (Tom Two Arrows), Lenape (Delaware)/Onondaga, 1920-1993
- IACB source
- Thomas J. Dorsey (Tom Two Arrows), Lenape (Delaware)/Onondaga, 1920-1993
- Previous owner
- Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
- Date created
- 1965
- Object Name
- Needle, needle case, and wrappers
- Media/Materials
- Walrus Ivory, deerhide/deerskin, deer hoof/hooves, brass bell/bells, felt, paint
- Techniques
- Carved, painted, fringed, tied
- Dimensions
- 33.7 x 23.5 x 0.2 cm
- Object Type
- Sewing Tools and Equipment
