Object Details
- Collection History
- Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the Qualla Arts and Crafts Cooperative (Cherokee, North Carolina) in 1981; 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
- Eastern Band of Cherokee
- Artist/Maker
- Richard Teesatuskie, Eastern Band of Cherokee, 1944-2012
- Previous owner
- Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
- IACB source
- Qualla Arts & Crafts Mutual (Qualla Arts & Crafts Cooperative/Qualla Arts & Crafts Coop/Qualla Crafts), 1946-
- Date created
- 1980
- Object Name
- Finger ring
- Media/Materials
- Silver, turquoise
- Techniques
- Hammered, channel inlay
- Dimensions
- 3.1 x 1.9 x 2.2 cm
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
