Object Details
Culture/People
Iñupiaq
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
25/6446
Barcode
256446.000
Object Type
Sculpture/Carving/Figures
Object Name
Goose figure
Media/Materials
Walrus Ivory, paint
Techniques
Carved, polished, painted
Dimensions
3 x 2.2 x 6 cm
Place
King Island Village; Bering Straits Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
Archipelago
Bering Sea Islands
Island Name
King 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_272329