Figure of a polar bear with a fish
date: label: Date created
content: 1965
name: label: Culture/People
content: Siberian Yupik [St. Lawrence Island]
label: Artist/Maker
content: Moses Pungowiyi (Moses Pungowiwi), Siberian Yupik [St. Lawrence Island]
label: Previous owner
content: Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
label: IACB source
content: Chemawa Indian School, 1880-
notes: label: Collection History
content: Made while the artist was a student at the Chemawa Indian School (Salem, Oregon) and purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the Chemawa Indian School in 1965; 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: Saint Lawrence Island; 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 [St. Lawrence Island]
label: See related items
content: Sculpture/Carving/Figures
label: On View
content: NMAI, Washington DC: Window on Collections, Animals
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 25/6458
label: Barcode
content: 256458.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sculpture/Carving/Figures
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Figure of a polar bear with a fish
label: Media/Materials
content: Walrus Ivory, paint
label: Techniques
content: Carved, polished, painted
label: Dimensions
content: 6.5 x 2.8 x 2.6 cm