My Love, Miss Liberty

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Date created: 1987

Culture/People: Cup'ik [Chevak]
Artist/Maker: Rosalie Paniyak, Cup'ik [Chevak], 1934-2007
Previous owner: Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
IACB source: Alaska Native Arts and Crafts Association, Inc. (Alaska Native Arts and Crafts Clearing House/Alaska Native Arts and Crafts Cooperative/ANAC Association, Inc.), 1937-

Collection History: Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from Alaska Native Arts and Crafts (Anchorage, Alaska) in 1987; 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: Chevak; Calista Native Corporation; Alaska; USA

See related items: Cup'ik [Chevak]; Sculpture/Carving/Figures
On View: NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Arctic & Subarctic

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 25/5563
Barcode: 255563.000

Object Type: Sculpture/Carving/Figures

Title: My Love, Miss Liberty
Object Name: Figure
Media/Materials: Sea lion skin/fur, sea lion gut/intestines, cotton cloth, sealskin/fur, glass eyes, plywood
Techniques: Modeled, sewn
Dimensions: 43 x 37.6 x 80 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws62594599a-eecf-4e10-b1d9-2cd8866a817c

Record ID: NMAI_271428