Basket with cover

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Date created: 1982

Culture/People: Yup'ik (Yupik)
Artist/Maker: Milly Amik, Yup'ik (Yupik), 1921-2000
Previous owner: Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
IACB source: Yugtarvik Regional Museum

Collection History: Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the Yugtarvik Regional Museum (Bethel, Alaska) in 1982; 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: Kipnuk; Calista Native Corporation; Alaska; USA

See related items: Yup'ik (Yupik); Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 25/7053
Barcode: 257053.000

Object Type: Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs

Object Name: Basket with cover
Media/Materials: Beach grass/Rye grass, seal gut/intestines
Techniques: Dyed, coiled
Dimensions: 24 x 22.6 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6a6f81da4-0881-493c-b9db-eb060eda3771

Record ID: NMAI_272938