Earrings in the form of ulus (women's knives)
date: label: Date created
content: 1964
name: label: Culture/People
content: Iñupiaq
label: IACB source
content: Kivalina Caribou Hoof Jewelry Project (Kivalina Jewelry Project), 1956-1970
label: Previous owner
content: Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
label: IACB source
content: Alaska Native Arts and Crafts Association, Inc. (Alaska Native Arts and Crafts Clearing House/Alaska Native Arts and Crafts Cooperative/ANAC Association, Inc.), 1937-
notes: label: Collection History
content: Produced during the Kivalina 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 employment to local residents; purchased in 1965 by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from Alaska Native Arts and Crafts (Juneau, Alaska); 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
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: 25/6841
label: Barcode
content: 256841.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Adornment/Jewelry
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Earrings in the form of ulus (women's knives)
label: Media/Materials
content: Caribou hoof/hooves, metal jewelry findings, metal
label: Techniques
content: Carved, polished, inlaid
label: Dimensions
content: 3.4 x 3 x 0.2 cm