Eskimo Woman

Date created
1964
Culture/People
Bering Strait Iñupiaq [King Island]
Artist/Maker
Peter John Seeganna (Peter J. Seeganna), Bering Strait Iñupiaq [King Island], 1938-1974
IACB source
Indian Arts and Crafts Board Office, Sitka, Alaska (IACB Office, Sitka, Alaska)
Previous owner
Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
IACB Source
Indian Arts and Crafts Board Demonstration Workshop (Sitka, Alaska) (IACB Demonstration Workshop)
Collection History
Formerly in the collection held by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board Office in Sitka, Alaska, which included many pieces produced and acquired during IACB demonstration-workshops held in Sitka between 1962 and 1968; transferred to the IACB Headquarters collection in Washington, DC, 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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Place
Sitka; Sealaska Native Corporation; Alaska; USA (inferred)
Archipelago
Alexander Archipelago
Island Name
Baranof Island
See related items
Bering Strait Iñupiaq [King Island]
Sculpture/Carving/Figures
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Catalog Number
25/5412
Barcode
255412.000
Object Type
Sculpture/Carving/Figures
Title
Eskimo Woman
Object Name
Figure
Media/Materials
Marble
Techniques
Carved
Dimensions
10 x 13.5 x 19.7 cm
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6e014edc3-3f28-4653-8af3-f469aabe8939
Record ID
NMAI_271277