Necklace with pendant

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Date created: 1981

Culture/People: Gwich'in (Kutchin)
Artist/Maker: Louise Peter, Gwich'in (Kutchin), 1914-2002
IACB source: Dinjii Zhuu Enjit Museum Shop
Previous owner: Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-

Collection History: Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the museum shop at the Dinjii Zhuu Enjit Museum (Fort Yukon, Alaska) 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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Place: Fort Yukon; Doyon Native Corporation; Alaska; USA (inferred)

See related items: Gwich'in (Kutchin); Adornment/Jewelry

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 25/8599
Barcode: 258599.000

Object Type: Adornment/Jewelry

Object Name: Necklace with pendant
Media/Materials: Moose hide/skin, wool felt, glass bead/beads, thread
Techniques: Overlay beadwork, edge beaded, strung, sewn
Dimensions: 41.6 x 9.7 x 1.1 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws615f9305e-23d2-493e-a229-d03aa5a45cd1

Record ID: NMAI_274545