Walrus Hunter
date: label: Date created
content: June 1965
name: label: Culture/People
content: Siberian Yupik [St. Lawrence Island]
label: Artist/Maker
content: William Soonagrook, Sr., Siberian Yupik [St. Lawrence Island], b. 1934
label: IACB agent
content: Extension Center for Arts and Crafts, University of Alaska
label: Previous owner
content: Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
label: IACB agent
content: Ronald Senungetuk, Iñupiaq, 1933-2020
label: IACB source
content: William Soonagrook, Sr., Siberian Yupik [St. Lawrence Island], b. 1934
notes: label: Collection History
content: Created during a Manpower and Development Training Act (MDTA) Designer Craftsman Training Project held in Nome, Alaska; purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the artist through Ronald Senungetuk (Iñupiaq, 1933-2020) of the Extension Center for Arts and Crafts, University of Alaska (Fairbanks, Alaska), in 1965; 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: Nome; Bering Straits Native Corporation; Alaska; USA (inferred)
setName: label: See related items
content: Siberian Yupik [St. Lawrence Island]
label: See related items
content: Painting/Drawing/Print
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 25/8946
label: Barcode
content: 258946.001
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Painting/Drawing/Print
physicalDescription: label: Title
content: Walrus Hunter
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Media/Materials
content: Paper, ink
label: Techniques
content: Woodcut/Woodblock printed