Woman Skinning Seal

Object Details

Collection History

Acquired by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the Indian Arts and Crafts Board Office in Sitka, Alaska, in 1966; 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

Bering Strait Iñupiaq [King Island]

Artist/Maker

Bernard T. Katexac (Bernard Tuglamena Katexac), Bering Strait Iñupiaq [King Island], 1922-1997

Previous owner

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

IACB source

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

Date created

1966

Title

Woman Skinning Seal

Object Name

Print

Media/Materials

Paper, ink

Techniques

Woodcut/Woodblock printed

Dimensions

25.5 x 21.1 cm

Object Type

Painting/Drawing/Print