Mask earrings
date: label: Date created
content: 1965
name: label: Culture/People
content: Iñupiaq
label: Artist/Maker
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: Kivalina Caribou Hoof Jewelry Project (Kivalina Jewelry Project), 1956-1970
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 by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the Kivalina Caribou Hoof Jewelry Project in 1965; 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: 25/6850
label: Barcode
content: 256850.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Adornment/Jewelry
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Mask earrings
label: Media/Materials
content: Caribou hoof/hooves, gold, metal jewelry findings
label: Techniques
content: Carved, polished, inlaid, cutout
label: Dimensions
content: 4.5 x 2 x 0.6 cm