Owl
date: label: Date created
content: 1968
name: label: Culture/People
content: Iñupiaq
label: Artist/Maker
content: Melvin Olanna, Iñupiaq, 1941-1991
label: IACB source
content: Indian Arts and Crafts Board Office, Sitka, Alaska (IACB Office, Sitka, Alaska)
label: Previous owner
content: Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
label: IACB source
content: Indian Arts and Crafts Board Demonstration Workshop (Sitka, Alaska) (IACB Demonstration Workshop)
notes: label: Collection History
content: Formerly in the collection held by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board Office in Sitka, Alaska, which included many pieces produced and acquired during IACB demonstration-workshops held in Sitka between 1962 and 1968; transferred to the IACB Headquarters collection in Washington, DC, in 1969; 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
label: Archipelago
content: Alexander Archipelago
label: Island Name
content: Baranof Island
setName: label: See related items
content: Iñupiaq
label: See related items
content: Sculpture/Carving/Figures
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 26/1362
label: Barcode
content: 261362.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sculpture/Carving/Figures
physicalDescription: label: Title
content: Owl
label: Object Name
content: Owl figure
label: Media/Materials
content: Steatite/soapstone, jasper, turquoise
label: Techniques
content: Carved, incised, inlaid
label: Dimensions
content: 13.9 x 12 x 14.3 cm