Object Details
Culture/People
Yup'ik (Yupik)
Artist/Maker
Tom Sunny (Tony Sonny), Yup'ik (Yupik)
Previous owner
Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
IACB source
Tom Sunny (Tony Sonny), Yup'ik (Yupik)
Collection History
Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the artist in 1962; 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
1962
Catalog Number
25/9845
Barcode
259845.000
Object Type
Music and Sound
Indigenous Term
cauyaq
Object Name
Hand drum with seal handle
Media/Materials
Wood, animal gut/intestines , feather/feathers, twine/string, wool (unspun), vegetal dye/dyes
Techniques
Carved, stretched, stitched, painted
Dimensions
10 x 55.8 cm
Place
Nightmute; Calista Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
Archipelago
Bering Sea Islands
Island Name
Nelson Island
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On View
NMAI, Washington DC: Outside Rasmuson Theater, Music and Dance
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Link to Original Record
Record ID
NMAI_275934