Basket

Date created
1982
Culture/People
Yup'ik [Nelson Island]
Artist/Maker
Elizabeth Tulik, Yup'ik [Nelson Island]
Previous owner
Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
IACB source
Yugtarvik Regional Museum
Collection History
Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the Yugtarvik Regional Museum (Bethel, Alaska) in 1982; 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
Nightmute; Calista Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
Archipelago
Bering Sea Islands
Island Name
Nelson Island
See related items
Yup'ik [Nelson Island]
Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Catalog Number
26/639
Barcode
260639.000
Object Type
Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs
Object Name
Basket
Media/Materials
Beach grass/Rye grass, seal gut/intestines, dye/dyes
Techniques
Coiled, dyed
Dimensions
39.3 x 25.3 x 20.0 cm
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws635095448-bf32-437b-ace9-c63fda64c4c9
Record ID
NMAI_276806