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Object of the Week for July 13

Dog Figure

A member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee people, Goingback Chiltoskey, carved this Dachshund dog figure out of Buckeye wood in 1952. Have you every created an artwork of an animal?

Learn about the Story of a Dog named Owney from the National Postal Museum

Links

  1. Explore: Other Dog-Related Smithsonian Objects
  2. Explore: Owney the Dog Objects
  3. National Portrait Gallery: American Pet
  4. How Dogs (Eventually) Became Our Best Friends
  5. People and their Pets from the NMAH Photographic History Collection
  6. TweenTribute: Why Does My Dog Howl at Sirens?
  7. Story of the Cherokee Exhibit from the Museum of the Cherokee Indian