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Date created: 1964

Culture/People: Bering Strait Iñupiaq [Diomedes]
Previous owner: Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
IACB source: The Craft Shop

Collection History: Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives in 1965 from The Craft Shop (Haines, Alaska); 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: Diomede Islands; Bering Straits Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
Archipelago: Bering Sea Islands
Island Name: Diomede Islands

See related items: Bering Strait Iñupiaq [Diomedes]; Sculpture/Carving/Figures

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 25/6478
Barcode: 256478.000

Object Type: Sculpture/Carving/Figures

Object Name: Figure
Media/Materials: Walrus Ivory
Techniques: Carved, incised, painted, polished
Dimensions: 6.3 x 3.7 x 3 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws66a50d13d-2074-456a-9218-4f1f735ba078

Record ID: NMAI_272361