Seal earrings
- Date created
- 1954
- Culture/People
- Iñupiaq
- Previous owner
- Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
- 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-
- Frank Weathers Long, Non-Indian, 1906-1999
- Shungnak Jade Project, 1951-1963
- Collection History
- 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.
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- Place
- Shungnak; NANA Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
- See related items
- Iñupiaq
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 25/6801
- Barcode
- 256801.000
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Object Name
- Seal earrings
- Media/Materials
- Jade , metal jewelry findings
- Techniques
- Carved, drilled, polished
- Dimensions
- 4.8 x 1.3 x 0.3 cm
- Record ID
- NMAI_272684