Figural group

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Date created: 1957

Culture/People: Iñupiaq
Artist/Maker: Aloysius Pikonganna, Iñupiaq, 1909-1986
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 (Juneau, Alaska) in 1958; 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: Sinuk (Sinrock, Sinook, Synrock); Bering Straits Native Corporation; Alaska; USA

See related items: Iñupiaq; Sculpture/Carving/Figures
On View: NMAI, Washington DC: Window on Collections, Animals

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 25/6658
Barcode: 256658.000

Object Type: Sculpture/Carving/Figures

Object Name: Figural group
Media/Materials: Walrus Ivory, metal pin/pins, paint
Techniques: Carved, polished, painted
Dimensions: 16 x 6.3 x 8.6 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws657fd009d-6546-4d4a-b108-ef09dbea4b4d

Record ID: NMAI_272541