Object Details
- Collection History
- Formerly in the collection of the artist; purchased by NMAI from the artist's wife, Ann Beam, in 2011.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Anishinaabe [Manitoulin Island, Ontario]
- Artist/Maker
- Carl Beam (Carl Edward Beam/Carl Edward Migwans), Anishinaabe [Manitoulin Island, Ontario], 1943-2005
- Previous owner
- Carl Beam (Carl Edward Beam/Carl Edward Migwans), Anishinaabe [Manitoulin Island, Ontario], 1943-2005
- Ann Beam, Non-Indian
- Seller
- Ann Beam, Non-Indian
- Neon Raven Gallery
- Date created
- 1992
- Title
- Burying the Ruler
- Object Name
- Painting
- Media/Materials
- Paper, graphite, paint
- Techniques
- Painted
- Dimensions
- 184.00 x 128.00 x 6.50 cm
- Object Type
- Painting/Drawing/Print
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