Letter opener

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Date created: 1945-1949

Culture/People: Non-Indian
Artist/Maker: William Spratling, Non-Indian, 1900-1967
IACB source: William Spratling, Non-Indian, 1900-1967
Previous owner: Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-

Collection History: Between 1945 and 1949, the Indian Arts and Crafts Board commissioned artist William Spratling to draw upon his successes in revitalizing Mexican silver jewelry and decorative items and develop a line of products that could be reproduced by Alaskan Native workers. Following the failure of the project, Spratling's models became part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) and remained there until 2000 when the collection was transferred to NMAI.
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Place: Taxco el Viejo; Taxco de Alarcón Municipality; Guerrero State; Mexico (inferred)

See related items: Non-Indian; Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 25/6872
Barcode: 256872.000

Object Type: Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs

Object Name: Letter opener
Media/Materials: Ivory, silver
Techniques: Carved, cast
Dimensions: 8.5 x 2.6 x 0.7 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6fd05f054-1add-414f-a29e-662f3187222d

Record ID: NMAI_272755