1998
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Kamleika
Yup'ik
St. Lawrence Island, Alaska
St. Lawrence Island, Alaska
ca. 1890-1910
marine mammal intestine, sinew, hide, walrus fur, analine dyes
width: 61"
Inventory # E1795a
Sold
acquired by the Diker Collection, now at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Constucted of sewn strips of marine mammal intestine, these elaborately decorated parkas were used for dancing on festive occasions, and were also worn by shamans when communicating with the spirit world.
PROVENANCE
Annie Oktokiyuk, St. Lawrence Island, AK, by descent from her father
Meryl Goldfarb, Chicago, IL
PUBLISHED
Bernstein, Bruce and McMaster, Gerald (eds). First American Art: The Charles and Valerie Diker Collection of American Indian Art. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2004, pl. 47
Donald Ellis Gallery catalogue, 1999, pg. 9
RELATED EXAMPLES
National Museum of Natural History, Washinton, DC, T-1676 - See: Crossroads of Continents, Fitzhugh and Crowell, Smithsonian Institution, 1988
National Museum of the American Indian, New York, No. 6.8652 - See: Creation's Journey, Hill, Smithsonian Institution Press, WA, 1994, pg. 41
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