Crested auklet figure

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Date created: 1969

Culture/People: Iñupiaq
Artist/Maker: Alvin Kayouktuk (Alvin Joseph Kayouktuk), Iñupiaq, 1934-1997
IACB source: DOI Indian Craft Shop (Department of the Interior Indian Craft Shop)
Previous owner: Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-

Collection History: Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the Department of the Interior Indian Craft Shop (Washington, DC) in 1969; 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: Little Diomede Island; Bering Straits Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
Archipelago: Bering Sea Islands
Island Name: Little Diomede Island

See related items: Iñupiaq; Sculpture/Carving/Figures

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 25/6445
Barcode: 256445.000

Object Type: Sculpture/Carving/Figures

Object Name: Crested auklet figure
Media/Materials: Walrus Ivory, ink
Techniques: Carved, incised, painted
Dimensions: 5.9 x 2.5 x 5.3 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws63707dd3e-5e52-4eeb-acfe-482d8aa2678d

Record ID: NMAI_272328