Wall hanging
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- Date created
- 1983
- Culture/People
- Siberian Yupik [Gambell, St. Lawrence Island]
- Artist/Maker
- Lucille Koozaata, Siberian Yupik [Gambell, St. Lawrence Island], 1901-1989
- Previous owner
- Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
- IACB source
- Alaska Native Arts and Crafts Association, Inc. (Alaska Native Arts and Crafts Clearing House/Alaska Native Arts and Crafts Cooperative/ANAC Association, Inc.), 1937-
- Collection History
- Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from Alaska Native Arts and Crafts (Anchorage, Alaska) in 1983; 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
- Gambell; Bering Straits Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
- Archipelago
- Bering Sea Islands
- Island Name
- Saint Lawrence Island
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 26/2023
- Barcode
- 262023.000
- Object Type
- Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs
- Object Name
- Wall hanging
- Media/Materials
- Felt, glass bead/beads, cotton cloth, cardboard, thread
- Techniques
- Edge beaded , sewn, overlay beadwork
- Dimensions
- 0.5 x 17.5 cm
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_278130