Umiak seat representing a whale
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; purchased by MAI from an unknown source in 1922.
- Date created
- 1880-1900
- See related items
- Inupiaq (Alaskan Inupiat Eskimo) [Nuwukmiut/Point Barrow]
- Watercraft and accessories
- On View
- National Museum of the American Indian, New York, NY
- Catalog Number
- 11/3350
- Barcode
- 113350.000
- Culture/People
- Inupiaq (Alaskan Inupiat Eskimo) [Nuwukmiut/Point Barrow]
- Place
- Point Barrow; Arctic Slope Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
- Object Name
- Umiak seat representing a whale
- Media/Materials
- Wood, ivory, glass bead/beads
- Techniques
- Carved, inlaid
- Dimensions
- 15 x 14 x 6 cm
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Object Type
- Watercraft and accessories
- Native Term
- aqutim iksivautana