Object Details
- Collection History
- Created during a Manpower and Development Training Act (MDTA) Designer Craftsman Training Project held in Nome, Alaska; purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the artist through Ronald Senungetuk (Iñupiaq, 1933-2020) of the Extension Center for Arts and Crafts, University of Alaska (Fairbanks, Alaska), 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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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Bering Strait Iñupiaq [King Island]
- Artist/Maker
- John S. Penatac, Sr. (John Suluk Penetac), Bering Strait Iñupiaq [King Island], b. 1940
- IACB agent
- Extension Center for Arts and Crafts, University of Alaska
- Previous owner
- Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
- IACB agent
- Ronald Senungetuk, Iñupiaq, 1933-2020
- IACB source
- John S. Penatac, Sr. (John Suluk Penetac), Bering Strait Iñupiaq [King Island], b. 1940
- Date created
- June 4, 1965
- Title
- Umiak
- Object Name
- Media/Materials
- Paper, ink
- Techniques
- Woodcut/Woodblock printed
- Dimensions
- 20.6 x 22.8 cm
- Object Type
- Painting/Drawing/Print
