Seal earrings
date: label: Date created
content: 1954
name: label: Culture/People
content: Iñupiaq
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-
label: IACB source
content: Frank Weathers Long, Non-Indian, 1906-1999
label: IACB source
content: Shungnak Jade Project, 1951-1963
notes: label: Collection History
content: Produced during the Shungnak Jade Project at Shungnak, Alaska, which was supported by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board in the 1950s and 1960s to teach lapidary skills and provide employment to local residents; purchased in 1954 by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from Alaska Native Arts and Crafts (Juneau, Alaska) through Frank Weathers Long (1906-1999, an instructor with the jade project); 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: Shungnak; 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: 25/6801
label: Barcode
content: 256801.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Adornment/Jewelry
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Seal earrings
label: Media/Materials
content: Jade , metal jewelry findings
label: Techniques
content: Carved, drilled, polished
label: Dimensions
content: 4.8 x 1.3 x 0.3 cm