Figure
date: label: Date created
content: 1974-1975
name: label: Culture/People
content: possibly Yup'ik (Yupik) or Iñupiaq (attributed)
label: Previous owner
content: Helen Pep Grodka (Helen Groz Pep/A Tehom Win/Mrs. Frederick B. Grodka), Non-Indian, 1898-1982
label: Donor
content: Sonia Grodka Blumenthal (Sonia Dorothy Grodka), Non-Indian
label: Donor
content: Harry W. Blumenthal, Non-Indian, 1924-2013
notes: label: Collection History
content: Purchased from the unnamed artist in Anchorage, Alaska, in 1975 by Helen Pep Grodka (1898-1982, an artist and Native American art enthusiast); donated to MAI in 1982 by Helen Pep Grodka's daughter and son-in-law, Sonia Grodka Blumenthal and Harry W. Blumenthal (1924-2013).
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Alaska; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Yup'ik (Yupik)
label: See related items
content: Sculpture/Carving/Figures
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 25/1215
label: Barcode
content: 251215.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sculpture/Carving/Figures
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Figure
label: Media/Materials
content: Whale tooth/teeth
label: Techniques
content: Carved
label: Dimensions
content: 4.4 cm