Object Details
Culture/People
Iñupiaq
Artist/Maker
Joseph E. Senungetuk (Inusuyauq Sinuyituq/Joseph Engasongwok Senungetuk), Iñupiaq, 1940-2023
IACB source
Indian Arts and Crafts Board Office, Sitka, Alaska (IACB Office, Sitka, Alaska)
Previous owner
Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
IACB source
Indian Arts and Crafts Board Demonstration Workshop (Sitka, Alaska) (IACB Demonstration Workshop)
Collection History
Formerly in the collection held by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board Office in Sitka, Alaska, which included many pieces produced and acquired during IACB demonstration-workshops held in Sitka between 1962 and 1968; transferred to the IACB Headquarters collection in Washington, DC, in 1969; 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
1966
Catalog Number
25/7756
Barcode
257756.000
Object Type
Adornment/Jewelry
Object Name
Brooch/Pin representing a bird, nest, and egg
Media/Materials
Silver, stone
Techniques
Cast, bezel-set/stone-setting
Dimensions
4.5 x 4.2 x 1 cm
Place
Sitka; Sealaska Native Corporation; Alaska; USA (inferred)
Archipelago
Alexander Archipelago
Island Name
Baranof Island
See related items
Iñupiaq
Adornment/Jewelry
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Link to Original Record
Record ID
NMAI_273670