Object Details
Culture/People
Chnagmiut Yup'ik
Artist/Maker
Larry Beck (Lawrence James Beck), Chnagmiut Yup'ik, 1938-1994
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 1983; 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
1982
Catalog Number
25/5410
Barcode
255410.000
Object Type
Works of Art (Other)
Title
Tunghak Inua
Object Name
Mask
Media/Materials
Metal items, glass bead/beads, plastic, feather/feathers, mirror
Techniques
Welded, strung
Dimensions
32.8 x 23.5 x 7 cm
Place
Seattle; King County; Washington; USA
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Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Link to Original Record
Record ID
NMAI_271275