Necklace
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- Date created
- 1962
- Culture/People
- Iñupiaq
- Artist/Maker
- Victor Swan, Iñupiaq, 1932-2002
- Previous owner
- Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
- IACB Source
- Kivalina Caribou Hoof Jewelry Project (Kivalina Jewelry Project), 1956-1970
- 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 the Kivalina Caribou Hoof Jewelry Project in 1962; 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 (inferred)
- See related items
- Iñupiaq
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 26/2147
- Barcode
- 262147.000
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Object Name
- Necklace
- Media/Materials
- Caribou hoof/hooves, metal jewelry findings, gold
- Techniques
- Carved, polished, perforated
- Dimensions
- 0.8 x 15.5 cm
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_278255