Brooch/Pin
date: label: Date created
content: 1960
name: label: Culture/People
content: Non-Indian
label: Artist/Maker
content: Nuguruk, Inc.
label: Previous owner
content: Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
label: IACB source
content: George's Gift Shop, 1949-1974
notes: label: Collection History
content: Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from George's Gift Shop (Juneau, Alaska) in 1961; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI. In addition to collecting and encouraging Native arts, IACB also acquired items that exploited Native designs and used them in educational exhibits to demonstrate the differences between authentic Indian work and imitations.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Seattle; King County; Washington; USA (inferred)
setName: label: See related items
content: Non-Indian
label: See related items
content: Adornment/Jewelry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 25/6587
label: Barcode
content: 256587.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Adornment/Jewelry
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Brooch/Pin
label: Media/Materials
content: Sperm whale tooth/teeth, paint, metal jewelry findings
label: Techniques
content: Carved, incised, painted, scrimshaw
label: Dimensions
content: 4.4 x 2.8 x 0.6 cm