Seabirds

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Date created: June 2, 1965

Culture/People: Iñupiaq
Artist/Maker: James Okpealuk, Iñupiaq, b. 1932
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: James Okpealuk, Iñupiaq, b. 1932

Collection History: Created during a Manpower and Development Training Act (MDTA) Designer Craftsman Training Project held in Nome, 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 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: Nome; Bering Straits Native Corporation; Alaska; USA (inferred)

See related items: Iñupiaq; Painting/Drawing/Print

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 25/9351
Barcode: 259351.000

Object Type: Painting/Drawing/Print

Title: Seabirds
Object Name: Print
Media/Materials: Paper, ink
Techniques: Woodcut/Woodblock printed
Dimensions: 14.3 x 15.8 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws666e68920-ae8c-4d7a-9d7a-ca1fbd34763a

Record ID: NMAI_275365