Walrus figure
- Date created
- 1965
- Culture/People
- Bering Strait Iñupiaq [King Island]
- Artist/Maker
- Peter John Seeganna (Peter J. Seeganna), Bering Strait Iñupiaq [King Island], 1938-1974
- Previous owner
- Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
- Collection History
- Acquired by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives in 1965 when the artist was employed as an IACB arts and crafts assistant at Sitka, Alaska; 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
- On View
- NMAI, Washington DC: Window on Collections, Animals
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 25/6096
- Barcode
- 256096.000
- Object Type
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
- Object Name
- Walrus figure
- Media/Materials
- Alder, ivory, baleen
- Techniques
- Carved, polished, inlaid
- Dimensions
- 22 x 8 x 15 cm
- Record ID
- NMAI_271968