Umiak seat representing a whale

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Object Details

Culture/People

Iñupiaq [Nuwukmiut/Point Barrow]

Collection History

Collection history unknown; purchased by MAI from an unknown source in 1922.

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Date created

1880-1900

Catalog Number

11/3350

Barcode

113350.000

Object Type

Watercraft and accessories

Indigenous Term

aqutim iksivautana

Object Name

Umiak seat representing a whale

Media/Materials

Wood, ivory, glass bead/beads

Techniques

Carved, inlaid

Dimensions

15 x 14 x 6 cm

Place

Point Barrow; Arctic Slope Native Corporation; Alaska; USA

See related items

Iñupiaq [Nuwukmiut/Point Barrow]

Watercraft and accessories

On View

NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Arctic & Subarctic

Data Source

National Museum of the American Indian

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws669c0e984-e3be-4b26-b29f-a234766f4b51

Record ID

NMAI_122184