Figure
date: label: Date created
content: 1982-1983
name: label: Culture/People
content: Siberian Yupik [Gambell, St. Lawrence Island]
label: Artist/Maker
content: Robert Apatiki (Robert Apatir/Robert Apatik), Siberian Yupik [Gambell, St. Lawrence Island], b. ca. 1960
label: Previous owner
content: Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
label: IACB Source
content: Alaska Native Arts and Crafts Association, Inc. (Alaska Native Arts and Crafts Clearing House/Alaska Native Arts and Crafts Cooperative/ANAC Association, Inc.), 1937-
notes: label: Collection History
content: Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from Alaska Native Arts and Crafts (Anchorage, Alaska) in 1983; 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: Gambell; Bering Straits Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
label: Archipelago
content: Bering Sea Islands
label: Island Name
content: Saint Lawrence Island
setName: label: See related items
content: Siberian Yupik [Gambell, St. Lawrence 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: 25/6481
label: Barcode
content: 256481.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sculpture/Carving/Figures
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Figure
label: Media/Materials
content: Walrus Ivory, baleen, walrus whiskers
label: Techniques
content: Carved, inlaid
label: Dimensions
content: 10 x 3.2 x 5 cm