The Icon of Progress (進歩のあかし?, lit.: "Icon of Progress") is a treasure found in Pikmin 2. It is actually just a stuffed Christmas stocking filled with unknown contents. It is found on the second sublevel of Frontier Cavern and in order retrieve it, it must simply be carried to the ship.
“The last cave we searched yielded a wide variety of oddly shaped and bizarrely colored treasures. For instance, this crooked object appears to be a boot, but it's adorned with several strange modifications. Perhaps it's some kind of modern art.”
Sales pitch
“This piece of art was made in the shape of a giant boot to symbolize glorious progress! Where does civilization begin, and where does it go? Machines have long pondered this...”