The Story
date: label: Date created
content: 1974
name: label: Culture/People
content: Yup'ik [Nelson Island]
label: Artist/Maker
content: John F. Kailukiak, Yup'ik [Nelson Island], b. 1951
label: Previous owner
content: Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
label: IACB source
content: Visual Arts Center of Alaska
notes: label: Collection History
content: Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the Visual Arts Center of Alaska (Anchorage, Alaska) in 1974; 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: Nightmute; Calista Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
label: Archipelago
content: Bering Sea Islands
label: Island Name
content: Nelson Island
setName: label: See related items
content: Yup'ik [Nelson 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: 25/5210
label: Barcode
content: 255210.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sculpture/Carving/Figures
physicalDescription: label: Title
content: The Story
label: Object Name
content: Figure
label: Media/Materials
content: Alabaster
label: Techniques
content: Carved, pecked, polished
label: Dimensions
content: 44.5 x 25.5 x 39 cm