Figure

Date created
1982-1983
Culture/People
Siberian Yupik [Gambell, St. Lawrence Island]
Artist/Maker
Don Ungott (Donald T. Ungott), Siberian Yupik [Gambell, St. Lawrence Island], 1935-2002
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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Place
Gambell; Bering Straits Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
Archipelago
Bering Sea Islands
Island Name
Saint Lawrence Island
See related items
Siberian Yupik [Gambell, St. Lawrence Island]
Sculpture/Carving/Figures
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Catalog Number
25/6524
Barcode
256524.000
Object Type
Sculpture/Carving/Figures
Object Name
Figure
Media/Materials
Ivory, fossil ivory, baleen
Techniques
Carved, inlaid, polished
Dimensions
2.7 x 1.6 x 2.7 cm
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws61e66269c-4071-43d6-bb62-318393fa778a
Record ID
NMAI_272407