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President and Mrs. Obama received this porcelain collector’s plate from the government of Costa Rica during their tour of Latin American countries in May 2013. Made by Royal Copenhagen (a world renowned Danish company famous for its blue and white glaze), celebrates the U.S. Bicentennial with an embossed image of the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.
Collection: Barack Obama Artifact Collection, Head of State Gifts
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Chilean President Michelle Bachelet Jeria gifted this sculpture to President Obama during her visit to the White House in June 2014. The 3-dimensional wooden horse was created by artist Sol Guillon of Santiago, Chile.
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On August 2014, President Obama held the US-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington, DC., that aimed to strengthen ties with leaders from across the African continent. The President received many gifts during the three day summit of which was this dagger from Algerian Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal. The dagger was designed in the Arab-Ottoman traditional style with detailed silver filigree and coral stone insets on the handle and sheath.
Collection: Barack Obama Artifact Collection, Head of State Gifts
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A large sterling silver traditional Arabian coffee pot with various embellishments from Oman.
Collection: Barack Obama Artifact Collection, Head of State Gifts
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Soapstone sculpture, entitled “Courage” by First Nations artist Leo Arcand, was a gift to the nation from Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and celebrates the close relationship between the United States and Canada.
Collection: Barack Obama Artifact Collection, Head of State Gifts
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President Obama received this gold and blue key to the city of Buenos Aires from Horacio Rodriguez Larreta, Mayor of Buenos Aires, during his trip to Argentina in 2016. The bow of the key reads "Ciudad de Buenos Aires" around an embossed image of the seal of Buenos Aires City, a dove and two boats.
Collection: Barack Obama Artifact Collection, Head of State Gifts
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Made of bronze, this is a figurine of a water buffalo or carabao pulling a mother of pearl cart on a granite base. A small plaque on the base reads: "With compliments, Mario G. Montejo." The carabao is the most useful companion and tool to rural farmers providing a source of draught animal power, meat, milk, and hide. It is seen as a symbol of the hard work and perseverance of the Filipino people. President Barack Obama received this gift in a green wooden box from former Philippines' Secretary of Science and Technology, Mario G. Montejo, during the Nuclear Security Summit in June 2016.
Collection: Barack Obama Artifact Collection, Head of State Gifts
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In 2016, President Obama received this wooden German Christmas Pyramid (Weihnachtspyramide) from Chancellor Angela Merkel. Christmas pyramids are a typical German holiday decoration made of a tiered outer frame with candle holders, along with a central carousel and rotor at the top which is driven by warm air from the lit candles. This pyramid has five levels with figures on each showing a nativity scene.
Collection: Barack Obama Artifact Collection, Head of State Gifts
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In celebration of St. Patrick's Day, the Taoiseach of Ireland Brian Cowen visited the White House and gifted President Barack Obama with this Waterford crystal limited edition bowl filled with shamrocks. The bowl is part of the Prestige Masterpiece Collection, and is inscribed with "Presented to Barack Obama President of the United States of America on the occasion of St. Patrick's Day 2009 by The Taoiseach Brian Cowen TD on behalf of the people of Ireland."
Collection: Barack Obama Artifact Collection, Head of State Gifts
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The bowl and presentation box are decorated with traditional Kazak swan designs. The bowl is supported over a green jasper base with five silver swans in flight each with a white cacholong stone inset. Swans are known as one of the national symbols of Kazakhstan and represent beauty and purity.
Collection: Barack Obama Artifact Collection, Head of State Gifts
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This classic 1840s style banjo was designed and crafted by master craftsman Eddie Hamrick of Hamrick Woodwright, Hickory, NC in 2012. Handcrafted, this banjo is made of maple and walnut with an American flag on the head, the U.S. Presidential seal engraved on the front of the body and Uncle Sam engraved on the back, a suede strap inscribed with “Bluegrass One,” and mother of pearl tuning pegs. The banjo was presented to President Obama during a visit to Charlotte, North Carolina for the 2012 Democratic National Convention.
Collection: Barack Obama Artifact Collection, Domestic Gifts
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The diorama features miniatures of the First Family, chefs, grounds keepers, and other garden attendants in a Plexiglas enclosure. There are five square garden beds each with a representation of a variety of fruits and vegetables. It was displayed in the Let's Move Office in the White House from 2013 to 2016.
Collection: Barack Obama Artifact Collection, Domestic Gifts
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Handmade Christmas wreath made of colorful felt materials by Christine Bezanson from British Columbia. It is decorated with several hand-sewn holiday shapes including hollies, presents, ornaments and Christmas figurines. Four ceramic ornaments are contained in the center of the piece, with 26 names listed in total. A green awareness ribbon hangs from the bottom of the wreath.
Collection: Barack Obama Artifact Collection, Domestic Gifts
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A piece of the original granite from the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial received from Harry E. Johnson, the President and CEO of the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation.
Collection: Barack Obama Artifact Collection, Domestic Gifts
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Charcoal drawing of President Obama and Bo in a car looking out the window.
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Nail gifted to President Obama by the descendants of Paul Jennings, James Madison’s enslaved manservant, when they visited the White House. The inscription reads, “Nail forged by slaves at Montpelier, James Madison's Virginia plantation, resting on cedar-of-Lebanon and encased in walnut, both woods from trees that grew at Montpelier in Paul Jennings' day.”
Collection: Barack Obama Artifact Collection, Domestic Gifts
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In 2017, President Obama received this original Game of Thrones storyboard scene from William Simpson, the lead Storyboard Artist for the show. Storyboards are comic strip visual references of a director's initial vision for a TV series. This storyboard includes five pencil on paper sketches from Season 1, Episode 6. The sketches show Tyrion Lannister attempting to survive his imprisonment in the Skycell dungeons at the Eyrie.
Collection: Barack Obama Artifact Collection, Domestic Gifts
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The President and First Lady received these uniquely sculpted busts from artist John Quates of Inkster, MI, late in the administration. The bust of First Lady Michelle Obama is made with orange colored sand, plastic grapes, and the natural fruit peels of various colors mounted on a wood base decorated with a variety of plastic fruits and leaves.
Collection: Barack Obama Artifact Collection, Domestic Gifts
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The President and First Lady received these uniquely sculpted busts from artist John Quates of Inkster, MI, late in the administration. The bust of President Obama is made from a basketball with painted plaster features and shaved tennis ball fibers mounted on a mosaic tile platform with an engraved name plate that reads: “M.V.P. BARACK OBAMA MOST VALUABLE PRESIDENT.”
Collection: Barack Obama Artifact Collection, Domestic Gifts
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A book entitled "Why Every Fly Counts: A Documentation about the Value and Endangerment of Insects" was gifted to President Obama by the author, Dr. Hans-Dietrich Reckhaus, in response to a fly interrupting a 2016 MSNBC interview. The author was inspired by the President's casual "solution" to the fly.
Collection: Barack Obama Artifact Collection, Domestic Gifts