Figure
date: label: Date created
content: 1963
name: label: Culture/People
content: Siberian Yupik [Savoogna, St. Lawrence Island]
label: Artist/Maker
content: Alexander Akeya (Aayanga), Siberian Yupik [Savoogna, St. Lawrence Island], 1928-2011
label: Previous owner
content: Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
notes: label: Collection History
content: Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from an unknown source at an unknown date; 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: Savoonga; 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 [Savoogna, 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: 25/8355
label: Barcode
content: 258355.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sculpture/Carving/Figures
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Figure
label: Media/Materials
content: Steatite/soapstone
label: Techniques
content: Carved, polished
label: Dimensions
content: 9.5 x 9.5 x 15 cm