Gift Details
Recipient Information
Recipient: Ann M. Veneman, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
Agency: Department of Agriculture
Gift Information
Value: $850.00
Year Received: 2004
Date Received: NA
Gift Description
Inuit carving: Artist: Simionte Kanayuk, signed and dated 2002. Dark soapstone carving in the Cape Dorset style, of a polar bear with a seal in its mouth. 10'' long. Additional information on the base: ``A804'' and ``Ct37311'' and from the ``Puvirnituk Community. Received: August 28, 2004. Appraised value: $850.00. Location: The item was returned to the USDA/FAS Foreign Visitor and Protocol Office to be processed for turn-in to General Services Administration.
Justification
Non-acceptance would cause embarrassment to donor and U.S. Government
Donor Information
Donor: Presented by the new Canadian Minister of Agriculture, Andrew Mitchell
Country: Canada