The man, his dog, and their means of survival, the walrus
date: label: Date created
content: 1975
name: label: Culture/People
content: Cu'pig (Cup'ik) [Mekoryuk, Nunivak Island]
label: Artist/Maker
content: Jim Shavings (James Harvey Shavings), Cu'pig (Cup'ik) [Mekoryuk, Nunivak Island], 1946-1983
label: Seller
content: Jim Shavings (James Harvey Shavings), Cu'pig (Cup'ik) [Mekoryuk, Nunivak Island], 1946-1983
label: Previous owner
content: Florence C. Krummel (Florence Choiniere Krummel), Non-Indian, 1911-2003
label: Previous owner
content: Bernhard U. Krummel, Non-Indian, 1911-1990
label: Donor
content: Maradel Krummel Gale, Non-Indian
notes: label: Collection History
content: Purchased from the artist by Florence C. Krummel (1911-2003, a retired high school teacher) and Bernhard U. Krummel (1911-1990) in 1975 when they lived in the Anchorage, Alaska, area; donated to NMAI by their daughter Maradel Krummel Gale in 2003.
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place: label: Place
content: Mekoryuk; Calista Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
label: Archipelago
content: Bering Sea Islands
label: Island Name
content: Nunivak Island
setName: label: See related items
content: Cu'pig (Cup'ik) [Mekoryuk, Nunivak Island]
label: See related items
content: Masks and Masking
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 26/2519
label: Barcode
content: 262519.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Masks and Masking
physicalDescription: label: Title
content: The man, his dog, and their means of survival, the walrus
label: Object Name
content: Walrus mask
label: Media/Materials
content: Ivory, cormorant feather/feathers, caribou antler, sinew, baleen, ink
label: Techniques
content: Carved, incised, tied, painted
label: Dimensions
content: 28.7 x 8.6 x 25.4 cm