Object Details
Culture/People
Yup'ik (Yupik)
Artist/Maker
Mary Angaiak, Yup'ik (Yupik)
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 the from the Alaska Native Arts and Crafts Co-op (Juneau, Alaska) in 1972; 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
1972
Catalog Number
25/5242
Barcode
255242.000
Object Type
Sculpture/Carving/Figures
Object Name
Basket in the form of a seal
Media/Materials
Beach grass/Rye grass, dye/dyes
Techniques
Coiled, dyed
Dimensions
53 x 21.5 x 17 cm
Place
Tununak (Tununeq, Tanunak); Calista Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
Archipelago
Bering Sea Islands
Island Name
Nelson Island
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On View
NMAI, Washington DC: Window on Collections, Animals
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Link to Original Record
Record ID
NMAI_271107