Object Details
Culture/People
Stockbridge-Munsee
IACB source
Wisconsin Indian Craft
Previous owner
Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
IACB agent
Tipi Shop, Sioux Indian Museum and Crafts Center (Tipi shop)
Collection History
Developed as a product by Wisconsin Indian Craft (a Stockbridge-Munsee tribal arts cooperative developed in conjunction with the University of Wisconsin's Art Education Extension); purchased in 1964 by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives through the Tipi Shop (Sioux Indian Museum and Crafts Center, Rapid City, South Dakota); part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.
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Date created
1964
Catalog Number
25/7626
Barcode
257626.000
Object Type
Adornment/Jewelry
Object Name
Turtle brooch/pin
Media/Materials
Silver
Techniques
Hammered, overlaid, drilled
Dimensions
5.5 x 4 x 0.8 cm
Place
Bowler, Stockbridge-Munsee Reservation; Shawano County; Wisconsin; USA
See related items
Stockbridge-Munsee
Adornment/Jewelry
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Link to Original Record
Record ID
NMAI_273538