Flatware/Knife and fork
date: label: Date created
content: 1966
name: label: Culture/People
content: Iñupiaq
label: Artist/Maker
content: Melvin Olanna, Iñupiaq, 1941-1991
label: IACB agent
content: Extension Center for Arts and Crafts, University of Alaska
label: Previous owner
content: Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
label: IACB agent
content: Ronald Senungetuk, Iñupiaq, 1933-2020
label: IACB source
content: Melvin Olanna, Iñupiaq, 1941-1991
notes: label: Collection History
content: Created while the artist was attending the Extension Center for Arts and Crafts, University of Alaska (Fairbanks, Alaska); purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the artist through Ronald Senungetuk (Iñupiaq, 1933-2020) of the Extension Center for Arts and Crafts, University of Alaska (Fairbanks, Alaska), in 1966; 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: Shishmaref; Bering Straits Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Iñupiaq
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: 26/2145
label: Barcode
content: 262145.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Flatware/Knife and fork
label: Media/Materials
content: Silver, rosewood, ivory
label: Techniques
content: Hammered, carved, polished
label: Dimensions
content: 28.4 x 2.2 x 1.5 cm