Brooch/Pin
- Date created
- 1964
- Culture/People
- Iñupiaq
- Artist/Maker
- unknown artist; based on a design by Daniel M. Burlison, Non-Indian, 1921-2005
- Previous owner
- Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
- Previous Seller
- Kivalina Caribou Hoof Jewelry Project (Kivalina Jewelry Project), 1956-1970
- IACB source
- Alaska Native Arts and Crafts Association, Inc. (Alaska Native Arts and Crafts Clearing House/Alaska Native Arts and Crafts Cooperative/ANAC Association, Inc.), 1937-
- Collection History
- 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 Alaska Native Arts and Crafts (Juneau, Alaska) 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
- Kivalina; NANA Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
- See related items
- Iñupiaq
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 25/6593
- Barcode
- 256593.000
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Object Name
- Brooch/Pin
- Media/Materials
- Walrus Ivory, metal jewelry findings
- Techniques
- Carved, polished
- Dimensions
- 5.6 x 3.2 x 0.8 cm
- Record ID
- NMAI_272476