Walrus Loves Baby Clams

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Date created: 1981

Culture/People: Tlingit
Artist/Maker: Jim Schoppert (Robert James Schoppert), Tlingit, 1947-1992
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 1983; 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: Douglas; Sealaska Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
Archipelago: Alexander Archipelago
Island Name: Douglas Island

See related items: Tlingit; Works of Art (Other)
On View: NMAI, Washington DC: Window on Collections, Animals

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 25/5679
Barcode: 255679.000

Object Type: Works of Art (Other)

Title: Walrus Loves Baby Clams
Object Name: Mask
Media/Materials: Wood, paint
Techniques: Carved, painted
Dimensions: 33.5 x 18 x 7 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6e235ca12-c83b-4eca-94e1-fa112666831d

Record ID: NMAI_271545