Musk Ox
date: label: Date created
content: 1970
name: label: Culture/People
content: Iñupiaq
label: Artist/Maker
content: Melvin Olanna, Iñupiaq, 1941-1991
label: Previous owner
content: Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
label: IACB source
content: Melvin Olanna, Iñupiaq, 1941-1991
notes: label: Collection History
content: Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the artist in 1970; 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: Shishmaref; Bering Straits Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Iñupiaq
label: See related items
content: Sculpture/Carving/Figures
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 26/1240
label: Barcode
content: 261240.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sculpture/Carving/Figures
physicalDescription: label: Title
content: Musk Ox
label: Object Name
content: Muskox figure
label: Media/Materials
content: Steatite/soapstone
label: Techniques
content: Carved, incised, polished
label: Dimensions
content: 31.4 x 14.5 x 19.1 cm