Women
- Date created
- June 1965
- Culture/People
- Siberian Yupik [St. Lawrence Island]
- Artist/Maker
- Nick Wongittilin (Uqengiliighaq/Ugengeliighag/Okwangaleghak), Siberian Yupik [St. Lawrence Island], 1904-1999
- 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
- Nick Wongittilin (Uqengiliighaq/Ugengeliighag/Okwangaleghak), Siberian Yupik [St. Lawrence Island], 1904-1999
- 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
- See related items
- Siberian Yupik [St. Lawrence Island]
- Painting/Drawing/Print
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 25/9474
- Barcode
- 259474.000
- Object Type
- Painting/Drawing/Print
- Title
- Women
- Object Name
- Media/Materials
- Paper, ink
- Techniques
- Woodcut/Woodblock printed
- Dimensions
- 30.6 x 31.1 cm
- Record ID
- NMAI_275528