Object Details
Culture/People
Cup'ik [Chevak]
Artist/Maker
Rosalie Paniyak, Cup'ik [Chevak], 1934-2007
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 (Anchorage, Alaska) in 1987; 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
1987
Catalog Number
25/5563
Barcode
255563.000
Object Type
Sculpture/Carving/Figures
Title
My Love, Miss Liberty
Object Name
Figure
Media/Materials
Sea lion skin/fur, sea lion gut/intestines, cotton cloth, sealskin/fur, glass eyes, plywood
Techniques
Modeled, sewn
Dimensions
43 x 37.6 x 80 cm
Place
Chevak; Calista Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
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On View
NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Arctic & Subarctic
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Link to Original Record
Record ID
NMAI_271428