Object Details
Culture/People
Siberian Yupik [St. Lawrence Island]
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 (Juneau, Alaska) in 1959; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.
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Date created
1959
Catalog Number
25/6399
Barcode
256399.000
Object Type
Sculpture/Carving/Figures
Object Name
Dog figure
Media/Materials
Ivory, paint
Techniques
Carved, polished, painted
Dimensions
6.7 x 2 x 3.1 cm
Place
Saint Lawrence Island; Bering Straits Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
Archipelago
Bering Sea Islands
Island Name
Saint Lawrence Island
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Siberian Yupik [St. Lawrence Island]
Sculpture/Carving/Figures
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Link to Original Record
Record ID
NMAI_272282