Walrus figure
Object Details
- Collection History
- Formerly in the collection of Geoffrey E. Stamm, General Manager of the Indian Arts Crafts Board; donated to the Indian Arts and Crafts Board by Geoffrey Stamm in memory of his father, G. Edward Stamm (1912-1978), in 1982; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Date created
- 1972
- Catalog Number
- 25/6521
- Barcode
- 256521.000
- Culture/People
- Bering Strait Iñupiaq [King Island]
- Artist/Maker
- Louis Seeganna, Bering Strait Iñupiaq [King Island], 1916-1974
- Honoree
- G. Edward Stamm (George Edward Stamm), Non-Indian, 1912-1978
- Previous owner
- Geoffrey E. Stamm (Geoffrey Eaton Stamm), Non-Indian
- IACB source
- Geoffrey E. Stamm (Geoffrey Eaton Stamm), Non-Indian
- Previous owner
- Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
- Object Type
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
- Object Name
- Walrus figure
- Media/Materials
- Walrus Ivory, baleen, paint
- Techniques
- Carved, polished, painted, inlaid
- Dimensions
- 8 x 7.5 x 2.5 cm
- Place
- Alaska; USA
- See related items
- Bering Strait Iñupiaq [King Island]
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
- Record ID
- NMAI_272404
