Walrus figure
date: label: Date created
content: 1966
name: label: Culture/People
content: Bering Strait Iñupiaq [King Island]
label: Artist/Maker
content: Peter John Seeganna (Peter J. Seeganna), Bering Strait Iñupiaq [King Island], 1938-1974
label: Previous owner
content: Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
label: IACB source
content: Peter John Seeganna (Peter J. Seeganna), Bering Strait Iñupiaq [King Island], 1938-1974
notes: label: Collection History
content: Made while the artist served as an instructor for an IACB workshop at Sitka, Alaska, in 1966; purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the artist in 1966; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Nome; Bering Straits Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Bering Strait Iñupiaq [King Island]
label: See related items
content: Sculpture/Carving/Figures
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 26/2138
label: Barcode
content: 262138.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sculpture/Carving/Figures
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Walrus figure
label: Media/Materials
content: Marble
label: Techniques
content: Carved
label: Dimensions
content: 16.7 x 8 x 10.6 cm