Figural group

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Date created: 1980

Culture/People: Bering Strait Iñupiaq [King Island]
Artist/Maker: Al Tiulana (Albert F. Tiulana), Bering Strait Iñupiaq [King Island], 1945-2002
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 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

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 25/6477
Barcode: 256477.000

Object Type: Sculpture/Carving/Figures

Object Name: Figural group
Media/Materials: Walrus Ivory
Techniques: Carved, painted
Dimensions: 3.8 x 1.9 x 4.7 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws655f95e7e-5543-4352-8f84-09b8111c3bcf

Record ID: NMAI_272360