Letter opener with walrus head finial
date: label: Date created
content: 1945-1949
name: label: Culture/People
content: Non-Indian
label: Artist/Maker
content: William Spratling, Non-Indian, 1900-1967
label: IACB source
content: William Spratling, Non-Indian, 1900-1967
label: Previous owner
content: Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
notes: label: Collection History
content: Between 1945 and 1949, the Indian Arts and Crafts Board commissioned artist William Spratling to draw upon his successes in revitalizing Mexican silver jewelry and decorative items and develop a line of products that could be reproduced by Alaskan Native workers. Following the failure of the project, Spratling's models became part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) and remained there until 2000 when the collection was transferred to NMAI.
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place: label: Place
content: Taxco el Viejo; Taxco de Alarcón Municipality; Guerrero State; Mexico (inferred)
setName: label: See related items
content: Non-Indian
label: See related items
content: Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 25/8172
label: Barcode
content: 258172.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Letter opener with walrus head finial
label: Media/Materials
content: Silver, ivory, baleen
label: Techniques
content: Hammered, carved, inlaid
label: Dimensions
content: 12.1 x 3.8 x 0.8 cm