Brooch/Pin
Object Details
- Collection History
- 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
- Date created
- 1965
- Catalog Number
- 25/6745
- Barcode
- 256745.000
- Culture/People
- Non-Indian
- Artist/Maker
- Don Morse Smith (Lelooska), Non-Indian/Cherokee descent, 1933-1996
- Previous owner
- Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
- IACB source
- Don Morse Smith (Lelooska), Non-Indian/Cherokee descent, 1933-1996
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Object Name
- Brooch/Pin
- Media/Materials
- Elk antler
- Techniques
- Carved, incised, polished
- Dimensions
- 4 x 4.1 x 0.5 cm
- Place
- Ariel; Cowlitz County; Washington; USA (inferred)
- See related items
- Non-Indian
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Record ID
- NMAI_272628
- Usage
- CC0
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