Object Details
- 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 1959 by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the Shungnak 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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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Iñupiaq
- Previous owner
- Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
- IACB source
- Shungnak Jade Project, 1951-1963
- Date created
- 1959
- Object Name
- Necklace and earrings
- Media/Materials
- Jade, gold jewelry findings, metal chain
- Techniques
- Carved, drilled
- Dimensions
- 28 x 1.4 x 0.2 cm
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
