Flatware/Knife and fork
- Date created
- 1966
- Culture/People
- Bering Strait Iñupiaq [King Island]
- Artist/Maker
- David Alvanna, Bering Strait Iñupiaq [King Island], b. 1944
- IACB agent
- Extension Center for Arts and Crafts, University of Alaska
- Previous owner
- Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
- IACB agent
- Ronald Senungetuk, Iñupiaq, 1933-2020
- IACB source
- David Alvanna, Bering Strait Iñupiaq [King Island], b. 1944
- Collection History
- Created while the artist was attending the Extension Center for Arts and Crafts, University of Alaska (Fairbanks, Alaska); purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the artist through Ronald Senungetuk (Iñupiaq, 1933-2020) of the Extension Center for Arts and Crafts, University of Alaska (Fairbanks, Alaska), in 1966; 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
- Fairbanks; Doyon Native Corporation; Alaska; USA (inferred)
- See related items
- Bering Strait Iñupiaq [King Island]
- Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs
- On View
- NMAI, Washington DC: Outside Mitsitam Café, Containers and Utensils
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 25/8150
- Barcode
- 258150.000
- Object Type
- Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs
- Object Name
- Flatware/Knife and fork
- Media/Materials
- Rosewood, silver
- Techniques
- Carved, hammered, engraved
- Dimensions
- 27.2 x 1.5 x 2.4 cm
- Record ID
- NMAI_274079