Figure of a spotted seal
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- Date created
- 1975
- Culture/People
- Siberian Yupik [Savoogna, St. Lawrence Island]
- Artist/Maker
- Floyd Kingeekuk (Floyd Kingikuk), Siberian Yupik [Savoogna, St. Lawrence Island], 1933-2006
- Seller
- Floyd Kingeekuk (Floyd Kingikuk), Siberian Yupik [Savoogna, St. Lawrence Island], 1933-2006
- Collector
- Florence C. Krummel (Florence Choiniere Krummel), Non-Indian, 1911-2003
- Bernhard U. Krummel, Non-Indian, 1911-1990
- Donor
- Maradel Krummel Gale, Non-Indian
- Collection History
- Purchased from the artist by Florence C. Krummel (1911-2003, a retired high school teacher) and Bernhard U. Krummel (1911-1990) in 1976 when they lived in the Anchorage, Alaska, area; donated to NMAI by their daughter Maradel Krummel Gale in 2022.
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- Place
- Savoonga; Bering Straits Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
- Archipelago
- Bering Sea Islands
- Island Name
- Saint Lawrence Island
- See related items
- Siberian Yupik [Savoogna, St. Lawrence Island]
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 27/686
- Barcode
- 270686.000
- Object Type
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
- Object Name
- Figure of a spotted seal
- Media/Materials
- Ivory, ink
- Techniques
- Carved, polished, incised, painted
- Dimensions
- 2.3 x 10.2 x 3.6 cm
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_416620