Necklace with mask pendant
- Date created
- 1964-1965
- Culture/People
- Bering Strait Iñupiaq [King Island]
- Artist/Maker
- Peter John Seeganna (Peter J. Seeganna), Bering Strait Iñupiaq [King Island], 1938-1974
- Previous owner
- Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
- IACB source
- Peter John Seeganna (Peter J. Seeganna), Bering Strait Iñupiaq [King Island], 1938-1974
- Collection History
- Made while the artist served as an instructor for an IACB metalworking workshop at Sitka, Alaska, in 1964 or 1965; purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the artist in 1965; 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
- Sitka; Sealaska Native Corporation; Alaska; USA (inferred)
- Archipelago
- Alexander Archipelago
- Island Name
- Baranof Island
- See related items
- Bering Strait Iñupiaq [King Island]
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 25/7535
- Barcode
- 257535.000
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Object Name
- Necklace with mask pendant
- Media/Materials
- Silver, commercial leather thong
- Techniques
- Hammered
- Dimensions
- 70.8 x 0.6 x 0.7 cm
- Record ID
- NMAI_273446