Earrings
date: label: Date created
content: 1956-1970
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Iñupiaq (attributed)
label: Previous owner
content: Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
label: Previous seller
content: Kivalina Caribou Hoof Jewelry Project (Kivalina Jewelry Project), 1956-1970
notes: label: Collection History
content: Presumably produced during the Kivalina Caribou Hoof Project at Kivalina, Alaska, which was supported by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board from 1956 to 1970 to teach jewelry skills and provide and provide employment to local residents; acquired by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from an unknown source at an unknown date; 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: Kivalina; NANA Native Corporation; Alaska; USA (inferred)
setName: label: See related items
content: Iñupiaq
label: See related items
content: Adornment/Jewelry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 25/6832
label: Barcode
content: 256832.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Adornment/Jewelry
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Earrings
label: Media/Materials
content: Caribou hoof/hooves, gold, gold jewelry findings
label: Techniques
content: Carved, polished, incised, inlaid
label: Dimensions
content: 4.5 x 1.9 x 0.5 cm