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Bernard T. Katexac (Bernard Tuglamena Katexac), Bering Strait Iñupiaq [King Island], 1922-1997; published by the Nome Council on the Arts, Nome, Alaska
Previous owner
Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
IACB source
Nome Council on the Arts
Collection History
Reproduced and sold as part of a fundraising effort by the Nome Council on the Arts (Nome, Alaska) for the town library, which was heavily damaged by storms in 1972; probably acquired by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the Nome Council on the Arts in 1973; 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 (inferred)