Letter opener
date: label: Date created
content: 1983-1984
name: label: Culture/People
content: Cu'pig (Cup'ik) [Mekoryuk, Nunivak Island]
label: Artist/Maker
content: James Whitman, Cu'pig (Cup'ik) [Mekoryuk, Nunivak Island], b. 1959
label: Previous owner
content: Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
label: IACB Source
content: Alaska Native Arts and Crafts Association, Inc. (Alaska Native Arts and Crafts Clearing House/Alaska Native Arts and Crafts Cooperative/ANAC Association, Inc.), 1937-
notes: label: Collection History
content: Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from Alaska Native Arts and Crafts (Anchorage, Alaska) in 1984; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Mekoryuk; Calista Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
label: Archipelago
content: Bering Sea Islands
label: Island Name
content: Nunivak Island
setName: label: See related items
content: Cu'pig (Cup'ik) [Mekoryuk, Nunivak Island]
label: See related items
content: Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 25/9146
label: Barcode
content: 259146.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Letter opener
label: Media/Materials
content: Ivory
label: Techniques
content: Carved, incised, painted
label: Dimensions
content: 12.7 x 3 x 1 cm