Letter opener

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Date created: 1967

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

Collection History: Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the Department of the Interior Indian Craft Shop (Washington, DC) in 1967; 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: Little Diomede Island; Bering Straits Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
Archipelago: Bering Sea Islands
Island Name: Little Diomede Island

See related items: Bering Strait Iñupiaq [Diomedes]; Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 25/6685
Barcode: 256685.000

Object Type: Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs

Object Name: Letter opener
Media/Materials: Walrus Ivory, baleen
Techniques: Carved, inlaid, polished
Dimensions: 24.2 x 2.1 x 1.9 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6eeafa603-8c6e-4b88-aaa8-5a145d9ea694

Record ID: NMAI_272568