Loon figure

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Date created: 1980

Culture/People: Bering Strait Iñupiaq [King Island]
Artist/Maker: Theresa Mayac, Bering Strait Iñupiaq [King Island], 1918-2001
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 1981; 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: King Island; Bering Straits Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
Archipelago: Bering Sea Islands
Island Name: King 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: 25/6437
Barcode: 256437.000

Object Type: Sculpture/Carving/Figures

Object Name: Loon figure
Media/Materials: Walrus Ivory, paint
Techniques: Carved, etched, painted
Dimensions: 9.6 x 3.8 x 4.2 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6ac3644d6-e81c-45a2-89d2-ee88a158fe30

Record ID: NMAI_272320