Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected by Florence C. Krummel (1911-2003, a retired high school teacher) and Bernhard U. Krummel (1911-1990) from the artist, probably between 1973 and 1980 when they lived in the Anchorage, Alaska, area; donated to NMAI by their daughter Maradel Krummel Gale in 2003.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Iñupiaq [Nuwukmiut/Point Barrow]
- Artist/Maker
- James Brower (James Fredrick Brower), Iñupiaq [Nuwukmiut/Point Barrow]
- Previous seller
- James Brower (James Fredrick Brower), Iñupiaq [Nuwukmiut/Point Barrow]
- Collector
- Bernhard U. Krummel, Non-Indian, 1911-1990
- Florence C. Krummel (Florence Choiniere Krummel), Non-Indian, 1911-2003
- Previous owner
- Bernhard U. Krummel, Non-Indian, 1911-1990
- Florence C. Krummel (Florence Choiniere Krummel), Non-Indian, 1911-2003
- Donor
- Maradel Krummel Gale, Non-Indian
- Date created
- circa 1950
- Object Name
- Bird figure
- Media/Materials
- Whale bone, baleen
- Techniques
- Carved, inlaid
- Dimensions
- 14.7 x 8.4 x 13 cm
- Object Type
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
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