Walrus figure
date: label: Date created
content: 1964
name: label: Culture/People
content: Bering Strait Iñupiaq [King Island]
label: Artist/Maker
content: Peter John Seeganna (Peter J. Seeganna), Bering Strait Iñupiaq [King Island], 1938-1974
label: Previous owner
content: Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
label: IACB source
content: Indian Arts and Crafts Board Demonstration Workshop (Sitka, Alaska) (IACB Demonstration Workshop)
notes: label: Collection History
content: Acquired by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives in 1964 when the artist was employed as an IACB arts and crafts assistant at Sitka, Alaska; 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: label: Place
content: Sitka; Sealaska Native Corporation; Alaska; USA (inferred)
label: Archipelago
content: Alexander Archipelago
label: Island Name
content: Baranof Island
setName: label: See related items
content: Bering Strait Iñupiaq [King Island]
label: See related items
content: Sculpture/Carving/Figures
label: On View
content: NMAI, Washington DC: Window on Collections, Animals
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 25/7082
label: Barcode
content: 257082.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sculpture/Carving/Figures
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Walrus figure
label: Media/Materials
content: Alder, ivory
label: Techniques
content: Carved
label: Dimensions
content: 16 x 16 x 27 cm