Object Details
- Collection History
- Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from George's Gift Shop (Juneau, Alaska) in 1961; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI. In addition to collecting and encouraging Native arts, IACB also acquired items that exploited Native designs and used them in educational exhibits to demonstrate the differences between authentic Indian work and imitations.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Non-Indian
- IACB source
- George's Gift Shop, 1949-1974
- Previous owner
- Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
- Date created
- 1960
- Object Name
- Bracelet
- Media/Materials
- Ivory, dye/dyes
- Techniques
- Carved, drilled, strung
- Dimensions
- 6.5 x 2.9 cm
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
