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Date created: 1960-1980

Culture/People: Siberian Yupik [Gambell, St. Lawrence Island]
Artist/Maker: Jerry Tungiyan (Tongiyan), Siberian Yupik [Gambell, St. Lawrence Island], 1937-2001
Previous owner: Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-

Collection History: Acquired by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from an unknown source at an unknown date; 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: Gambell; Bering Straits Native Corporation; Alaska; USA (inferred)
Archipelago: Bering Sea Islands
Island Name: Saint Lawrence Island

See related items: Siberian Yupik [Gambell, St. Lawrence Island]; Sculpture/Carving/Figures

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 25/6495
Barcode: 256495.000

Object Type: Sculpture/Carving/Figures

Object Name: Figure
Media/Materials: Ivory, baleen
Techniques: Carved, polished, painted, inlaid
Dimensions: 5.5 x 1.7 x 1.9 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6c444851d-d540-433a-b475-4581014767db

Record ID: NMAI_272378