Beehive cover

Object Details

• Provenance

  From 1964 to 1992

  Dorothy Shepherd Payer (1916-1992), acquired as gift in Iran in 1964 [1]

  1992

  Estate of Dorothy Shepherd Payer

  From 1992

  Dr. Mary Shepherd Slusser (1918-2017), Washington, DC, inherited from the estate of her sister, Dorothy Shepherd Payer in 1992

  From 2017 to 2018

  Estate of Dr. Mary Shepherd Slusser, Accokeek, Maryland

  From 2018

  Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, gift of the Estate of Mary Shepherd Slusser, Accokeek, Maryland [2]

  Notes:

  [1] See the Acquisition Justification Form, object file, Collections Management Office.

  [2] See the Deed of Gift, object file, Collections Management Office.

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Estate of Mary Shepherd Slusser

  Dr. Mary Shepherd Slusser (1918-2017)

  Estate of Dorothy Shepherd Payer

  Dorothy Shepherd Payer (1916-1992)

• Origin

  Shahbaster, Iran

• Credit Line

  Estate of Mary Shepherd Slusser

• Type

  Container

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1890s

• Name

  Estate of Dorothy Shepherd Payer, Payer, Dorothy Shepherd, Estate of Mary Shepherd Slusser, Slusser, Mary Shepherd

• Place

  Shahbaster

• Topic

  Art, Animals, Beekeeping, Pottery, Arts of the Islamic World, Ceramics

• Culture

  Muslims, Iranians

• Object Type

  Containers