Ooger Uk Inua , No.1 (Walrus Spirit)
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Object Details
- Culture/People
- Chnagmiut Yup'ik
- Artist/Maker
- Larry Beck (Lawrence James Beck), Chnagmiut Yup'ik, 1938-1994
- Previous owner
- Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
- IACB source
- Sacred Circle Gallery of American Indian Art
- Collection History
- Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the Sacred Circle Gallery of American Indian Art (Seattle, Washington) in 1982; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.
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- Date created
- 1982
- Catalog Number
- 25/5423
- Barcode
- 255423.000
- Object Type
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
- Title
- Ooger Uk Inua , No.1 (Walrus Spirit)
- Object Name
- Sculpture
- Media/Materials
- Metal items, plastic, commercial rubber, wood
- Techniques
- Cut, welded, riveted
- Dimensions
- 55.2 x 30.8 x 48.5 cm
- Place
- Seattle; King County; Washington; USA
- See related items
- Chnagmiut Yup'ik
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
- On View
- NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Contemporary Art
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_271288
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws666f66329-dcc9-42cb-a439-5e7df2bb67da
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