Object Details
- Collection History
- Made while the artist served as an instructor for an IACB metalworking workshop at Sitka, Alaska, in 1964 or 1965; purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the artist in 1965; 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
- Bering Strait Iñupiaq [King Island]
- Artist/Maker
- Peter John Seeganna (Peter J. Seeganna), Bering Strait Iñupiaq [King Island], 1938-1974
- Previous owner
- Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
- IACB source
- Peter John Seeganna (Peter J. Seeganna), Bering Strait Iñupiaq [King Island], 1938-1974
- Date created
- 1964-1965
- Object Name
- Brooch/Pin
- Media/Materials
- Silver, jade
- Techniques
- Cast, bezel-set/stone-setting
- Dimensions
- 7 x 4.4 x 0.8 cm
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
