Culture/People:

Bering Strait Iñupiaq [Diomedes]  Search this

Previous owner:

Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-  Search this

IACB source:

DOI Indian Craft Shop (Department of the Interior Indian Craft Shop)  Search this

Object Name:

Bracelet

Media/Materials:

Ivory, fossil ivory, ink

Techniques:

Carved, incised, drilled, painted, strung

Dimensions:

2.5 x 6.8 cm

Object Type:

Adornment/Jewelry

Place:

Little Diomede Island; Bering Straits Native Corporation; Alaska; USA

Archipelago:

Bering Sea Islands

Island Name:

Little Diomede Island

Date created:

1969

Collection History:

Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the Department of the Interior Indian Craft Shop (Washington, DC) in 1969; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.

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Catalog Number:

25/6547

Barcode:

256547.000

See related items:

Bering Strait Iñupiaq [Diomedes]

Adornment/Jewelry

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6f000ac0e-a1dd-40ec-a69f-1cdf067c6ce7

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_272430