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Date created: 1968

Culture/People: Bering Strait Iñupiaq [Diomedes]
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: 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: 25/6520
Barcode: 256520.000

Object Type: Sculpture/Carving/Figures

Object Name: Figure
Media/Materials: Walrus Ivory
Techniques: Carved, incised, painted, polished
Dimensions: 7 x 4.3 x 4 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws643fbab0a-2c4e-4759-a4b3-25b7a0878aed

Record ID: NMAI_272403