Billiken figure
date: label: Date created
content: 1960
name: label: Culture/People
content: possibly Non-Indian (attributed)
label: IACB source
content: George's Gift Shop, 1949-1974
label: Previous owner
content: Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
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.
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place: label: Place
content: USA
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: 25/6602
label: Barcode
content: 256602.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Billiken figure
label: Media/Materials
content: Whale tooth/teeth
label: Techniques
content: Carved, painted
label: Dimensions
content: 4.2 x 3 x 6.8 cm