Walrus Hunter

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Date created: December 1965

Culture/People: Siberian Yupik [St. Lawrence Island]
Artist/Maker: William Soonagrook, Sr., Siberian Yupik [St. Lawrence Island], b. 1934
IACB source: Indian Arts and Crafts Board Office, Sitka, Alaska (IACB Office, Sitka, Alaska)
Previous owner: Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-

Collection History: Produced during a Manpower and Development Training Act (MDTA) Designer Craftsman Training Project held in Nome, Alaska, in 1965; formerly in the collection held by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board Office in Sitka, Alaska, which was transferred to the IACB Headquarters collection in Washington, DC, in 1969; 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

See related items: Siberian Yupik [St. Lawrence Island]; Painting/Drawing/Print

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 25/9377
Barcode: 259377.000

Object Type: Painting/Drawing/Print

Title: Walrus Hunter
Object Name: Print
Media/Materials: Paper, ink
Techniques: Woodcut/Woodblock printed
Dimensions: 21 x 23 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws690216711-8d7c-48a4-947f-bf3a3476afb2

Record ID: NMAI_275425