Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- Race cachet carried by a sled dog team of the Ohio based Trail Breakers Sled Dog Club over the race course in the tradition of sled dog teams of the past and is autographed by mushers and club members. The art work for the cachet was designed by Jona Van Zyle. This cachet pays homage to the early history of the original purpose of the sled dog which was to provide mail and supplies for early settlers and is carried by each musher during the race.
- Jon and Jona Van Zyle are both artists who live outside of Anchorage and have raised sled dogs for many years. Jon has been a supporter of the Iditarod since it beginnings and ran the race in 1976. Jon produced the first official poster for the Iditarod in 1977 which was such a huge success he was voted official artist of the Iditarod in 1979, a position he holds to this day. Jona also contributes her artistic talents to the race by designing logos for the Junior Iditarod and race cachets for the Iditarod and personal cachets for various mushers.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- artist
- Van Zyle, Jona
- date made
- 1990
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 9 1/2 in x 4 1/4 in; 24.13 cm x 10.795 cm
- Object Name
- race cachet, sled dog racing
