The Silent Sea
date: label: Date created
content: 1966-1967
name: label: Culture/People
content: Iñupiaq
label: Artist/Maker
content: Joseph E. Senungetuk (Inusuyauq Sinuyituq/Joseph Engasongwok Senungetuk), Iñupiaq, 1940-2023
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: Possibly made when the artist was employed as an IACB arts and crafts assistant at Sitka, Alaska; acquired by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from an unknown source at an unknown date; 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: Art and Printing tools
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 26/1046
label: Barcode
content: 261046.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Art and Printing tools
physicalDescription: label: Title
content: The Silent Sea
label: Object Name
content: Printing plate
label: Media/Materials
content: Yellow cedar, ink
label: Techniques
content: Carved
label: Dimensions
content: 38.1 x 29.2 x 1.9 cm