Spirit Mask
date: label: Date created
content: 1988
name: label: Culture/People
content: Cu'pig (Cup'ik) [Mekoryuk, Nunivak Island]
label: Artist/Maker
content: George Williams, Sr., Cu'pig (Cup'ik) [Mekoryuk, Nunivak Island]
label: Previous owner
content: Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
label: IACB source
content: Yugtarvik Regional Museum
notes: label: Collection History
content: Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the Yugtarvik Regional Museum (Bethel, 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: 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: Masks and Masking
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 26/1324
label: Barcode
content: 261324.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Masks and Masking
physicalDescription: label: Title
content: Spirit Mask
label: Object Name
content: Mask
label: Media/Materials
content: Ivory, baleen, feather/feathers, commercial suede, paint, glue
label: Techniques
content: Carved, painted, glued
label: Dimensions
content: 20.3 x 21.6 x 7.2 cm