Gift Details
Gift Information
Value: $2000.00
Year Received: 2006
Date Received: NA
Gift Description
Desk accessory: 16'' sterling silver date palm tree with hand- hammered trunk and finely cut palm leaves with three bunches of sterling silver dates, tree has oval shape base with florentine finish; held in a 19'' x 12'' glass presentation case with black velvet lined base. (Damaged upon arrival.) Rec'd-- September 19, 2006. Est. Value--$2,000. Disposition--Archives Foreign Book, hardcover (printed in Turkish): ``Gravurlerle Kurtler: Bi Gravuran Kurd (``Kurds in Engravings or Etchings''), by Mehmet Bayrak; inscribed by donor. Rec'd--September 19, 2006. Est. Value--$70. Disposition--Archives Foreign Sculpture: 9'' x 5'' metal sculpture of a Middle Eastern man's face, mounted on brown leather, stamped with a shell border; in a wood shadow box with a geometric pattern border. Rec'd-- September 19, 2006. Est. Value--$135. Disposition--Archives Foreign.
Justification
Non-acceptance would cause embarrassment to donor and U.S. Government
Donor Information
Donor: His Excellency Jalal Talabani, President of the Transitional Government of the Republic of Iraq
Country: Iraq