"Spirit biter" figure
date: label: Date created
content: 1976
name: label: Culture/People
content: Iñupiaq
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 1976; 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: Alaska; USA
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: 25/6783
label: Barcode
content: 256783.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sculpture/Carving/Figures
label: Indigenous Term
content: kikitook
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: "Spirit biter" figure
label: Media/Materials
content: Whale bone, baleen, ivory
label: Techniques
content: Carved, inlaid
label: Dimensions
content: 10.1 x 4.2 x 3.8 cm