Object Details
- Collection History
- Created while the artist was attending the University of Alaska (College, 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 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
- 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
- Bernard T. Katexac (Bernard Tuglamena Katexac), Bering Strait Iñupiaq [King Island], 1922-1997
- Date created
- 1966
- Title
- Nomad's Scrimshaw
- Object Name
- Media/Materials
- Paper, ink
- Techniques
- Etched/Aquatint printed
- Dimensions
- 38.5 x 53.5 cm
- Object Type
- Painting/Drawing/Print
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