Shaman's figure (Image withheld)
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- Date created
- 1875-1900
- Culture/People
- Siberian Yupik
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; purchased by George Heye from an unknown source circa 1914.
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- Place
- Siberian side of Bering Strait; Bering Strait; Bering Straits Native Corporation; Siberia; Russia
- See related items
- Siberian Yupik
- Ceremonial/Ritual items: Shamanic objects
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 3/9249
- Barcode
- 039249.000
- Object Type
- Ceremonial/Ritual items: Shamanic objects
- Object Name
- Shaman's figure (Image withheld)
- Media/Materials
- Walrus Ivory, pigment/pigments
- Techniques
- Carved, incised, painted
- Dimensions
- 12.0 x 3.5 x 5.0 cm
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_41768