Calendar

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Date created: 1988

Culture/People: Yup'ik (Yupik)
Artist/Maker: Julius Pleasant, Yup'ik (Yupik), 1907-1999
Previous owner: Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
IACB source: Samuel K. Fox Museum

Collection History: Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the Samuel K. Fox Museum Shop (Dillingham, Alaska) in 1988; 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: Quinhagak; Calista Native Corporation; Alaska; USA (inferred)

See related items: Yup'ik (Yupik); Indigenous Knowledge and Records

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 25/6387
Barcode: 256387.000

Object Type: Indigenous Knowledge and Records

Object Name: Calendar
Media/Materials: Walrus Ivory
Techniques: Carved, incised, drilled
Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.8 x 4 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6d2694e78-3f50-4ff5-a63a-5f4fc01b470c

Record ID: NMAI_272270