Walrus figure
date: label: Date created
content: 1962
name: label: Culture/People
content: Non-Indian
label: Artist/Maker
content: George W. Fedoroff, Non-Indian, 1906-2001
label: Previous owner
content: Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
label: IACB source
content: George W. Fedoroff, Non-Indian, 1906-2001
notes: label: Collection History
content: Acquired by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives in 1962 when the artist was employed by the IACB as an instructor to Native artists; 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: Non-Indian
label: See related items
content: Sculpture/Carving/Figures
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 25/9942
label: Barcode
content: 259942.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sculpture/Carving/Figures
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Walrus figure
label: Media/Materials
content: Steatite/soapstone, ivory, wood
label: Techniques
content: Carved, incised
label: Dimensions
content: 10 x 10 x 23.8 cm