Polar bear figure

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Date created: 1983

Culture/People: Iñupiaq
Artist/Maker: Melvin Olanna, Iñupiaq, 1941-1991
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: Shishmaref; Bering Straits Native Corporation; Alaska; USA (inferred)

See related items: Iñupiaq; Sculpture/Carving/Figures

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 25/6392
Barcode: 256392.000

Object Type: Sculpture/Carving/Figures

Object Name: Polar bear figure
Media/Materials: Walrus Ivory, baleen
Techniques: Carved, inlaid
Dimensions: 15.8 x 4.1 x 5.6 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws62ae334ce-2b8a-4b79-b42e-b81a27996917

Record ID: NMAI_272275