Mother and Child

Object Details

Collection History

Formerly in the collection held by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board Office in Sitka, Alaska, which included many pieces produced and acquired during IACB demonstration-workshops held in Sitka between 1962 and 1968; transferred to the IACB Headquarters collection in Washington, DC, in 1969; 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

Culture/People

Inupiaq (Alaskan Inupiat Eskimo)

Artist/Maker

Joseph E. Senungetuk (Inusunaaq/Inusuyauq Sinuyituq), Inupiaq (Alaskan Inupiat Eskimo), b. 1940

IACB source

Indian Arts and Crafts Board Office, Sitka, Alaska (IACB Office, Sitka, Alaska)

Previous owner

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

IACB source

Indian Arts and Crafts Board Demonstration Workshop (Sitka, Alaska) (IACB Demonstration Workshop)

Date created

1967

Title

Mother and Child

Object Name

Mother and child figure

Media/Materials

Alder

Techniques

Carved

Dimensions

20 x 12.5 x 41.5 cm

Object Type

Sculpture/Carving/Figures