Bird figure
Object Details
- Culture/People
- possibly Yup'ik (Yupik) or Iñupiaq (attributed)
- Collector
- Florence C. Krummel (Florence Choiniere Krummel), Non-Indian, 1911-2003
- Bernhard U. Krummel, Non-Indian, 1911-1990
- Previous owner
- Florence C. Krummel (Florence Choiniere Krummel), Non-Indian, 1911-2003
- Bernhard U. Krummel, Non-Indian, 1911-1990
- Donor
- Maradel Krummel Gale, Non-Indian
- Collection History
- Collected by Florence C. Krummel (1911-2003, a retired high school teacher) and Bernhard U. Krummel (1911-1990) in 1974 when they lived in the Anchorage, Alaska, area; donated to NMAI by their daughter Maradel Krummel Gale in 2003.
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- Date created
- 1973-1974
- Catalog Number
- 26/2500
- Barcode
- 262500.000
- Object Type
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
- Object Name
- Bird figure
- Media/Materials
- Ivory, paint
- Techniques
- Carved, painted
- Dimensions
- 2.4 x 3.6 x 4.5 cm
- Place
- Alaska; USA
- See related items
- Yup'ik (Yupik)
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_278612
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws629a28537-8e61-4f34-84a5-60b028b737ab
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