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Culture/People:
Iñupiaq  Search this
Artist/Maker:
James Kivetoruk Moses, Iñupiaq, 1902-1982  Search this
Previous owner:
Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-  Search this
IACB source:
James Kivetoruk Moses, Iñupiaq, 1902-1982  Search this
Title:
Early Day Polar Bear Hunt with Bow and Arrow
Object Name:
Painting
Media/Materials:
Paperboard, colored pencil, ink, watercolor
Techniques:
Drawn, painted
Dimensions:
20.4 x 31 cm
Object Type:
Painting/Drawing/Print
Place:
Nome; Bering Straits Native Corporation; Alaska; USA (inferred)
Date created:
1964
Collection History:
Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the artist in 1965; 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:
25/9433
Barcode:
259433.000
See related items:
Iñupiaq
Painting/Drawing/Print
Data Source:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws62e88eeab-6697-4700-8e3d-f4a1e677ca32
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:NMAI_275487