Object Details
Culture/People
Bering Strait Iñupiaq [King Island]
Artist/Maker
Richard Seeganna, Bering Strait Iñupiaq [King Island], b. 1949
Previous owner
Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
IACB source
Alaska Festival of Native Arts
Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center (Anchorage Museum of History and Art/Anchorage Historical and Fine Arts Museum)
Collection History
Exhibited at the 8th Annual Alaska Festival of Native Arts, held at the Anchorage Museum of History and Art (Anchorage, Alaska) in 1973; purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the Anchorage Museum in 1973; 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
1973
Catalog Number
25/5874
Barcode
255874.000
Object Type
Sculpture/Carving/Figures
Title
Land Claims Dance
Object Name
Figure
Media/Materials
Teak, mahogany
Techniques
Carved
Dimensions
25.2 x 18.5 x 40.5 cm
Place
Fairbanks; Doyon Native Corporation; Alaska; USA (inferred)
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Bering Strait Iñupiaq [King Island]
Sculpture/Carving/Figures
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Link to Original Record
Record ID
NMAI_271740