Tupliak

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Date created: 1988

Culture/People: Iñupiaq
Artist/Maker: Myron Wheeler (Punesuk/Punesek), Iñupiaq, b. ca. 1936
Previous owner: Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
IACB source: DOI Indian Craft Shop (Department of the Interior Indian Craft Shop)

Collection History: Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the Department of the Interior Indian Craft Shop (Washington, DC) in 1988; 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: Nome; Bering Straits Native Corporation; Alaska; USA

See related items: Iñupiaq; Sculpture/Carving/Figures

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 25/6376
Barcode: 256376.000

Object Type: Sculpture/Carving/Figures
Indigenous Term: tupilak

Title: Tupliak
Object Name: Figure
Media/Materials: Walrus Ivory
Techniques: Carved
Dimensions: 4.5 x 2.8 x 9.7 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6a1f97150-74e9-4fe7-8198-8658e6601f73

Record ID: NMAI_272259