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Puffin Man, Alutiiq Superhero

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NMAI purchase from the artist in 2005 using funds donated by R.E. Mansfield (1937-2007). Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement Puffin Man, Alutiiq Superhero Mask Yellow cedar, cedar bark (red cedar), horsehair, glass bead/beads, feather/feathers, dentalium shell/shells, abalone/haliotis shell Carved, painted, inlaid, twined, strung 156 x 126.5 x 15.5 cm

Item Details

Creator
Sugpiaq (Alutiiq), Jerry Laktonen, Sugpiaq (Alutiiq), b. 1951; woven cape by Loa Bilham'neex Ryan (Loa J. Ryan), Tsimshian (Ts’msyen) [Metlakatla], b. 1939, Jerry Laktonen, Sugpiaq (Alutiiq), b. 1951, R. E. Mansfield (Richard E. Mansfield), Non-Indian, 1937-2007, Works of Art (Other)
Date
June 2005
Identifier
ld1-1643403783737-1643403895309-0
Collections
Alutiiq
Subjects
Arctic peoples, Granite Falls, Native Americans, Snohomish County, Sugpiaq (Alutiiq), USA, Washington
Contributors
National Museum of the American Indian
Source Archive
Smithsonian Institution

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