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First Lady Akie Abe of Japan gifted Michelle Obama this hand painted decorative plate during a visit to the White House on April 28, 2015.The plate features Bo and Sunny with an image of the White House in the background.
Collection: Barack Obama Artifact Collection, Head of State Gifts
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Reuge music box that was given to Mrs. Obama by Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser of the Nation of Qatar. Mrs. Obama received this gift while promoting the “Let Girls Learn” initiative and is noted to be fond of it. Produced by the Swiss Reuge Music Box company, this beautiful instrument is made of highly polish wood with decorative dark and light brown inlay pieces.
Collection: Barack Obama Artifact Collection, Head of State Gifts
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A replica of Dr. Zahi Hawass's brown explorer hat personally given to President Obama during his tour of the Great Pyramids of Giza in June 2009.
Collection: Barack Obama Artifact Collection, Head of State Gifts
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Autographed copy of Pope Benedict XVI's Caritas In Veritate Encyclical. Presented to President Obama when he first met Pope Benedict XVI in Vatican City on July 10, 2009.
Collection: Barack Obama Artifact Collection, Head of State Gifts
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President Obama personally received this glass bird from Tarja Halonen, former President of Finland, during the Nuclear Security Summit in April 2010. This hand-blown glass bird was designed by renowned Finnish glass artist Oiva Toikka and handcrafted by Iittala's master glass blowers in Helsinki, Finland.
Collection: Barack Obama Artifact Collection, Head of State Gifts
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author Katrina Avila Munichiello, who gave Mrs. Obama a copy of her book called “A Tea Reader: Living Life One Cup at a Time” in appreciation for being invited to the Joining Forces Military Mother’s Day Tea Party. The book is an anthology that shares the ways that tea has changed lives through personal, intimate stories.
Collection: Barack Obama Artifact Collection, Domestic Gifts
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A print of President Obama seated amongst influential African-American Leaders of history. It is a copy of an original large oil painting by Stacy V. McClain entitled “One Day.” The image illustrates President Obama seated at a table with (from left to right) W.E.B Du Bois, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr., Sojourner Truth, Maya Angelou, Marcus Garvey, Booker T. Washington, and Frederick Douglass. A painting of Ida B. Wells hangs in the background of the group.
Collection: Barack Obama Artifact Collection, Domestic Gifts
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A 2nd grade class at Palmetto Elementary in West Palm Beach, FL, created this oil on canvas painting titled “What’s in the Garden?” The painting features a tree and garden patch of healthy foods the students like to eat such as corn, lettuce, apples, oranges, and carrots to name a few. Written on the back along the wood frame are the names of each student and a message, “To: Mrs. Michelle Obama, Our Healthy First Lady.”
Collection: Barack Obama Artifact Collection, Domestic Gifts
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This painting, entitled “Fire and Ice” by famed artist Richard R. Broome, was created as part of the 2016 Class Painting Project at the United States Air Force Academy, which captures the “spirit” of the graduating class. It is filled with symbolic imagery such as the Air Force Chief of Staff General Mark Welsh III’s F-16 jet that he flew in Operation Desert Storm, the Waldo canyon fire, and Pikes Peak covered in snow.
Collection: Barack Obama Artifact Collection, Domestic Gifts
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A pink and purple fairy costume, complete with fairy wings, wand and headband from Fairy Twinkletoes.
Collection: Barack Obama Artifact Collection, Domestic Gifts
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President Obama received this ulu in September 2016 from Denise May, Director of the Afognak Native Corporation, and Nancy Nelson, Council President of the Native Village of Port Lions located near Kodiak, AK at the 8th Annual White House Tribal Nations Conference, which brought together leaders from federally recognized tribes to Washington, D.C. This decorative ulu is made of baleen and antler on a wooden display base. Scrimshawed or carved onto the baleen is the image of an orca jumping out of the ocean. The base is made of a block of wood with a circular piece of antler and a brass support anchored at the center. The word ulu translates to “women’s knife.” Although this artifact from the Obama Presidential Collection was made as an art piece, traditionally ulus were used as all purpose knives by Inuit, Yupik, and Aleut women.
Collection: Barack Obama Artifact Collection, Domestic Gifts
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During the 2014 White House Science Fair, Avery Dodson, Natalie Hurley, Miriam Schaffer, Claire Winton and Lucy Claire Sharp from Girl Scouts Troop 2612 in Tulsa, OK, exhibited their Lego flood proof bridge. For their group photo, the girls asked President Obama to wear a tiara, which is now a part of the Library’s collection.
Collection: Barack Obama Artifact Collection, Domestic Gifts
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Collection: Barack Obama Artifact Collection, Obama Administration Artifacts
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An ornament decorated in papier-mâché images of New York City and a variation of Shepard Fairey’s “HOPE” poster, over a black-and-white checkered background. 2009 White House Blue Room Tree.
Collection: Barack Obama Artifact Collection, Obama Administration Artifacts
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A double hoop dreamcatcher ornament made with white leather and cat gut fibers and decorated with shells and blue beads. It is believed that dreamcatchers trap bad dreams. So let good dreams flow through this holiday season! 2009 White House Blue Room Tree.
Collection: Barack Obama Artifact Collection, Obama Administration Artifacts
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This ornament features an exterior image of the Dusable Museum of African American History and is decorated with zebra print paper, wood figures, and a beaded necklace. 2009 White House Blue Room Tree.
Collection: Barack Obama Artifact Collection, Obama Administration Artifacts
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An ornament decorated in papier-mâché images of the Capitol Building and John Trumbull’s painting “Declaration of Independence.” Elements of plastic garland, a pine cone, gold tulle and a blue ribbon garnish the top of the ornament. 2009 White House Blue Room Tree.
Collection: Barack Obama Artifact Collection, Obama Administration Artifacts
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Children’s book written by President Obama to his daughters Malia and Sasha Obama. With illustrations by Loren Long, the cover shows the two girls walking Bo the dog.
Collection: Barack Obama Artifact Collection, Obama Administration Artifacts
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This unique shape is a popular design especially amongst the Navajo and Pueblo tribes for its symbolic design, which represents the unity of the married couple. The dual spouts are the husband and the wife bound in marriage unity, symbolized by the loop handle that creates a circle representing the couple’s life. The vase is then filled with a special nectar that symbolizes their lives bending together. It is believed that if the couple manages to drink together from the vase without spilling a drop of the nectar, they will have a strong relationship.
Collection: Barack Obama Artifact Collection, Obama Administration Artifacts
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This carved Maori club was presented to President Barack Obama by John Key, former Prime Minister of New Zealand, during his visit to the White House in July 2011. This traditional Maori weapon with a short broad-bladed club is carved from New Zealand jade or greenstone. The artifact is contained in a wood presentation box with a plaque engraved "This Mere Pounamu was presented to the Honorable BARACK OBAMA, 44th President of the United States of America by the Right Honourable JOHN KEY, 38th Prime Minister of New Zealand July 2011. It represents the Strength, Courage, and Leadership of Our Two Nations." The piece was carved by Aden Hoglund of Hokitika, New Zealand. Hoglund works primarily with greenstone mixing traditional Maori free form with contemporary designs.
Collection: Barack Obama Artifact Collection, Head of State Gifts