Culture/People:

Iñupiaq  Search this

Artist/Maker:

Fran Degnan (Frances Degnan), Iñupiaq, b. ca. 1942  Search this

Previous owner:

Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-  Search this

IACB source:

Oomingmak Musk Ox Producers Co-op  Search this

Object Name:

Scarf

Media/Materials:

Musk ox wool yarn (qiviut)

Techniques:

Knitted

Object Type:

Clothing/Garments: Accessories

Place:

Unalakleet; Bering Straits Native Corporation; Alaska; USA

Date created:

1983

Collection History:

Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the Oomingmak Musk Ox Producers Cooperative (Anchorage, Alaska) in 1983; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.

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Catalog Number:

25/5556

Barcode:

255556.000

See related items:

Iñupiaq

Clothing/Garments: Accessories

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws604bd087d-5148-4f67-85d7-92e001dd325a

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_271421