Slippers

Date created
1952-1953
Culture/People
Siberian Yupik [Gambell, St. Lawrence Island]
Artist/Maker
Florence Nupok Malewotkuk (Florence Nupok Chauncey/Mrs. Chauncy Malewotkuk), Siberian Yupik [Gambell, St. Lawrence Island], 1906-1971
Previous seller
Florence Nupok Malewotkuk (Florence Nupok Chauncey/Mrs. Chauncy Malewotkuk), Siberian Yupik [Gambell, St. Lawrence Island], 1906-1971
Previous owner
Corporal Harold E. Brown, Non-Indian, 1929-2012
Padraic Brown, Non-Indian
Donor
Padraic Brown, Non-Indian
Collection History
Purchased by Corporal Harold E. Brown (1929-2012) from the artist in 1952 or 1953 when he was stationed on Saint Lawrence Island, Alaska, during the Korean War; inherited by his son Padraic Brown; donated to NMAI by Padraic Brown in 2014.
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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]
Clothing/Garments: Footwear
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Catalog Number
26/9294
Barcode
269294.000
Object Type
Clothing/Garments: Footwear
Object Name
Slippers
Media/Materials
Hide, fur, sealskin/fur, glass bead/beads, sinew
Techniques
Dyed, sewn, overlay beadwork
Dimensions
9.0 x 31.0 x 13.0 cm
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws670a7b2ab-82a1-4473-ba55-2e72fa13ef06
Record ID
NMAI_409896