Paperweight
date: label: Date created
content: 1971
name: label: Culture/People
content: Bering Strait Iñupiaq [King Island]
label: Artist/Maker
content: Peter Mayac, Bering Strait Iñupiaq [King Island], 1913-1976
label: Previous owner
content: Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
label: IACB source
content: DOI Indian Craft Shop (Department of the Interior Indian Craft Shop)
notes: label: Collection History
content: Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the Department of the Interior Indian Craft Shop (Washington, DC) in 1971; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.
label: Contact Us
content: Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement
place: label: Place
content: King Island Village; Bering Straits Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
label: Archipelago
content: Bering Sea Islands
label: Island Name
content: King Island
setName: label: See related items
content: Bering Strait Iñupiaq [King 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: 25/6632
label: Barcode
content: 256632.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Paperweight
label: Media/Materials
content: Whale tooth/teeth, ink
label: Techniques
content: Carved, incised, painted, scrimshaw
label: Dimensions
content: 11.5 x 6.2 x 4.2 cm