Letter opener

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Date created: 1959

Culture/People: Yuit (Siberian Yup'ik) [St. Lawrence Island]
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 1959; 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: Saint Lawrence Island; Bering Straits Native Corporation; Alaska; USA (inferred)
Archipelago: Bering Sea Islands
Island Name: Saint Lawrence Island

See related items: Siberian Yupik [St. Lawrence Island]; Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 25/6692
Barcode: 256692.000

Object Type: Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs

Object Name: Letter opener
Media/Materials: Walrus Ivory, paint
Techniques: Carved, inlaid, painted
Dimensions: 32.8 x 3.7 x 2.3 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws65ce9207d-950f-4d30-aaac-f23b47648282

Record ID: NMAI_272575