Whale Hunters

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Object Details

Culture/People

Iñupiaq

Artist/Maker

James Kivetoruk Moses, Iñupiaq, 1902-1982

Previous owner

Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-

IACB source

James Kivetoruk Moses, Iñupiaq, 1902-1982

Collection History

Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the artist in 1965; 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

1964

Catalog Number

25/9439

Barcode

259439.000

Object Type

Painting/Drawing/Print

Title

Whale Hunters

Object Name

Painting

Media/Materials

Paperboard, colored pencil, ink, watercolor

Techniques

Drawn, painted

Dimensions

31.8 x 44.8 cm

Place

Nome; Bering Straits Native Corporation; Alaska; USA (inferred)

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Iñupiaq

Painting/Drawing/Print

Data Source

National Museum of the American Indian

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6a24ffeba-1a26-4b32-a675-2f5a57227755

Record ID

NMAI_275493