Owl

There are restrictions for re-using this image. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's Terms of Use page .

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more.

View manifest View in Mirador Viewer

Object Details

Culture/People

Iñupiaq

Artist/Maker

Melvin Olanna, Iñupiaq, 1941-1991

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.

Contact Us

Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement

Date created

1968

Catalog Number

25/5394

Barcode

255394.000

Object Type

Sculpture/Carving/Figures

Title

Owl

Object Name

Figure of an owl

Media/Materials

Yellow cedar

Techniques

Carved

Dimensions

18.5 x 26 x 46.5 cm

Place

Sitka; Sealaska Native Corporation; Alaska; USA (inferred)

Archipelago

Alexander Archipelago

Island Name

Baranof Island

See related items