Culture/People:

Iñupiaq  Search this

Artist/Maker:

Melvin Olanna, Iñupiaq, 1941-1991  Search this

Previous owner:

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

IACB source:

Melvin Olanna, Iñupiaq, 1941-1991  Search this

Title:

Musk Ox

Object Name:

Muskox figure

Media/Materials:

Steatite/soapstone

Techniques:

Carved, incised, polished

Dimensions:

31.4 x 14.5 x 19.1 cm

Object Type:

Sculpture/Carving/Figures

Place:

Shishmaref; Bering Straits Native Corporation; Alaska; USA

Date created:

1970

Collection History:

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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Catalog Number:

26/1240

Barcode:

261240.000

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Sculpture/Carving/Figures

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6639ba276-2f79-41a7-a1c6-7c436b660316

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_277337