Finger ring
date: label: Date created
content: 1980
name: label: Culture/People
content: Eastern Band of Cherokee
label: Artist/Maker
content: Richard Teesatuskie, Eastern Band of Cherokee, 1944-2012
label: Previous owner
content: Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
label: IACB source
content: Qualla Arts & Crafts Mutual (Qualla Arts & Crafts Cooperative/Qualla Arts & Crafts Coop/Qualla Crafts), 1946-
notes: label: Collection History
content: Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the Qualla Arts and Crafts Cooperative (Cherokee, North Carolina) in 1981; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Eastern Cherokee Reservation, Qualla Boundary; Jackson County and Swain County; North Carolina; USA (inferred)
setName: label: See related items
content: Eastern Band of Cherokee
label: See related items
content: Adornment/Jewelry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 25/7929
label: Barcode
content: 257929.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Adornment/Jewelry
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Finger ring
label: Media/Materials
content: Silver, turquoise, coral, mother-of-pearl
label: Techniques
content: Hammered, channel inlay, mosaic inlay, stamped
label: Dimensions
content: 3 x 2.3 x 2.9 cm