Running Walrus

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Date created: September 19, 1969

Culture/People: Bering Strait Iñupiaq [King Island]
Artist/Maker: Ronald Sirloak (Ronnie Sirloak), Bering Strait Iñupiaq [King Island], 1950-1996
IACB source: Sunarit Associates, Inc. (Sunarit Association), 1968-
Previous owner: Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-

Collection History: Produced during a printmaking workshop held by Sunarit Associates, a Native arts cooperative in Nome, Alaska; purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from Sunarit Associates, Inc. in 1969; 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: Nome; Bering Straits Native Corporation; Alaska; USA

See related items: Bering Strait Iñupiaq [King Island]; Painting/Drawing/Print

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 25/9546
Barcode: 259546.000

Object Type: Painting/Drawing/Print

Title: Running Walrus
Object Name: Print
Media/Materials: Paper, ink
Techniques: Woodcut/Woodblock printed
Dimensions: 50 x 61 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6477212c8-bdf1-469f-98d3-8ef77556b26f

Record ID: NMAI_275608