Maskette
date: label: Date created
content: 1953
name: label: Culture/People
content: Non-Indian
label: Artist/Maker
content: Frank Weathers Long, Non-Indian, 1906-1999
label: Previous owner
content: Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
label: IACB source
content: Shungnak Jade Project, 1951-1963
notes: label: Collection History
content: Produced during the Shungnak Jade Project at Shungnak, Alaska, which was supported by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board in the 1950s and 1960s to teach lapidary skills and provide employment to local residents and where the artist served as an instructor; acquired before 1962 by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the Shungnak Jade Project; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.
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place: label: Place
content: Shungnak; NANA Native Corporation; Alaska; USA (inferred)
setName: label: See related items
content: Non-Indian
label: See related items
content: Masks and Masking
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 25/6809
label: Barcode
content: 256809.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Masks and Masking
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Maskette
label: Media/Materials
content: Jade
label: Techniques
content: Carved, cutout
label: Dimensions
content: 2.3 x 1.8 x 0.8 cm