Object Details
- Collection History
- Formerly in the collection of Senator Daniel K. Inouye (1924-2012, D-Hawaii) and probably received as a gift in recognition of his service to American Indians as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs (1987-1995 and 2001-2003); donated to NMAI by Senator Inouye's widow Irene Hirano Inouye (1948-2020) in 2013.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Acoma Pueblo
- Artist/Maker
- A. Pasquale, Acoma Pueblo
- Donor
- Irene Hirano Inouye (Mrs. Daniel K. Inouye), Non-Indian, 1948-2020
- Previous owner
- Senator Daniel K. Inouye, Non-Indian, 1924-2012
- Date created
- circa 1990
- Object Name
- Canteen
- Media/Materials
- Pottery, clay slip, paint, commercial leather thong
- Techniques
- Coiled/hand built, modeled, slipped, painted, tied
- Dimensions
- 11.5 x 9.5 x 8.5 cm
- Object Type
- Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs
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